In their minds, the political stakes were enormous, the threat posed by the Federalists put the entire republican experiment at risk, the battle was to the death, and taking prisoners was not permitted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Without Valley’s stakes, and without any idea what she was doing, Seven began to sweat and tremble with fear. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the night after Woolf won a top stakes race, the owner of the winning horse called to invite him to a postrace soiree with the moneyed set. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t as convinced that the chupacabras could be defeated with stakes and holy water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was not yet good enough to shoot for the East’s great races, so Smith entered him in the Scarsdale Handicap, a midlevel stakes race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You might say to yourself, I don’t cheat, regardless of the stakes. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t share the pledge he had made to Hazel, but he made clear what he felt the stakes were going into the new year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it was bound in a crisscross of wires attached to white metal stakes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His team would spend several days with the men in the village, inside the fence made of enormous bamboo stakes or barbed wire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A deep ditch had been dug around it, with sharpened stakes inside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They believed that the stakes were nothing less than the “destruction of the home.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The high financial stakes would spawn intense and often vicious competition between gangsters, and many would die. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

If you refrained from pressing, you would probably have reversed that decision if the stakes had been $10,000 vs. $9,500. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, playing for higher stakes than he could afford in some rather steep bridge games with his New York connections, he had held cards and won several hundred dollars. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Weeds had been kept down in this field, and the plants had been trained up stakes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red Pollard had just won his fourth stakes race in eleven long years in the saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing appeared to have been disturbed, including the survey stakes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain was still falling, so the cart drivers suspended woolen blankets between four stakes that stuck up from the corners of the carts. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Smith then shipped him down to Cincinnati’s River Downs, where the horse narrowly missed winning two more minor stakes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hesitant, wary of some trap, the first few prisoners edged across the planks and through the ring of the stakes, toward Melisandre and the Wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But something’s smoldering down there. The marker stakes I planted are gone, but I think that’s the direction we saw the blue fire last night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He intended to do this all night long, if necessary, to make sure the stakes weren’t tampered with. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was younger and the anxiety got this bad, when the stakes in his life were much, much lower, this would be the point of self-destruction. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I suppose we were just playing for higher stakes than the Germans. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the dead of winter, nothing is growing, but stakes with seed packets affixed to them stick out of the ground, labeling herbs and vegetables. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

First, somebody pulling the survey stakes; then dumping the alligators in the latrines; then spray-painting his squad car while he was asleep inside—this was the work of bold and defiant perpetrators. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No houses had been built, but the lots were marked with surveying stakes, and the grass was freshly mown. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

After we pulled up stakes in San Francisco, we headed for the Mojave Desert. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

All around its perimeter, eight-man sledge teams pound in stakes at breakneck speed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

After we had finished carving out as many stakes as we could, Juanita placed the finished ones strategically along the walls so that everyone had access to them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The crews here, tonight, were better; the stakes were higher. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Trip wires with early-warning alarms are scattered throughout the yard, but these are clearly marked by stakes in the ground and we step over them easily. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In early June, as Seabiscuit was being humiliated in a cheap stakes race in New Hampshire, Granville finally lived up to expectations by winning New York’s Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the life-and-death stakes, the Marines were eager to engage the enemy. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When they saw Catelyn's banners, they emerged from behind their sharpened stakes and sent a man over from the far bank to lead her party across. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They needed two more, she said, and reminded them of the stakes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Sharpened stakes were wrenched from the ground, planks were dropped across deep ditches, and the stockade gates were thrown wide. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There he saw the three royal griffins tied to stakes, grazing. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She plods along by my side to the edge of Marlena’s dressing tent and then waits patiently as Grady and Bill untie the bottom of the sidewall from the stakes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Just a few days earlier, across the country, there was another tragic example of the stakes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even the survey stakes were gone, uprooted and carted off with the trash. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew firsthand how high the stakes were in Odessa, how “goin’ to State” was not something merely desired but demanded. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zach is what in sports is called a “red-light player”—the bigger the stage and higher the stakes, the better he is. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What about them fillin’ up the holes and throwin’ the stakes, just to make us lay out the whole site all over again. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frowning, we bound the stakes, our knots loose with inattention. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The stakes were small compared with the grand scale expedition Mark Antony had hoped to wage against Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

A party of mounted horsemen rode forward to chal-lenge them as they approached the stakes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They carried steel bars, axes, knives, wooden stakes, and hammers— all the weapons used by the Khmer Rouge soldiers to kill their victims. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer sticks wooden stakes into the sand and ties neon tape around each to create a giant square of bright tape around the seal. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They drove the securing stakes deeper around the net. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This was lined with sharpened stakes by a solitary beaver. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t break none of the stakes,” he said gruffly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horse had proved fairly useful as a stakes horse, but he was an incorrigible rogue at the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That could mean a felony, jail time, real stakes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A score of builders set to clearing brush, digging latrines, and untying their bundles of fire-hardened stakes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Riccio jumped ashore and tied the boat to one of the wooden stakes sticking out of the water. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

This old man with no teeth and a straw hat showed me how to tie the plants up to stakes. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t happen to be the same crackerjack lawman who fell asleep in his car while the vandal trashed our survey stakes, would you?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly bent down and scooped up an armful of dug-up survey stakes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In moments both the stakes were engulfed in fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Velia and Pita were pulling leaves and sprigs off the branches that were still to be made into stakes before piling them neatly next to the whittiers. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A new kind of competition between Russia and the United States took shape that fall, a nuclear arms race that quickly raised the stakes of the Cold War to unforeseen and terrifying heights. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few days I was equipped with several sharp iron stakes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Twilight told it, Deydey had walked in humbly, played poorly at first, causing the trader to raise the stakes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The most volatile current debate among American school administrators, teachers, parents, and students concerns “high- stakes” testing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But as the rope felt his mass, it groaned and the bamboo stakes began to tear out of the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Save your breath, kid. I know the stakes. I’m trying to find where the PFC is headquartered in the city. I just needed a rest.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But when nothing happened, he looked up and saw again how truly deserted the Casin was, and the sight brought home to him the high stakes they were playing for. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even the roaches seemed to have pulled up stakes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not made freaks: not men covered head to toe in tattoos, not women who regurgitate wallets and lightbulbs on command, not moss-haired girls or men who pound stakes into their sinus cavities. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It looks like mostly rope tied into wooden stakes driven into the rock at either end, with tight wooden planks running all the way to the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg was glad to have help, though working with his wife only raised the stakes higher. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Next month after the shucking bee, the farm would host the most important gathering yet, to address the recent debates about picking up stakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He watched, his eyes heavy with exhaustion, as she took his bowl to the sink, placed it there, and then, leaning on her stick, gathered some stakes from a shelf, and a ball of twine. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“The greatest thrill comes from games where the stakes are the highest.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, like a small circus tent pulling up its stakes and dropping soft fold on fold, the silks rustled, the mask descended, the silver claws tinkled on the stone path. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was only the third stakes win of Pollard’s career, and in a backward kind of way, he owed it to Woolf. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in his ten-year career that he had been beaten in a photo finish of a stakes race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This may be the crudest twist yet in high- stakes testing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I look over where this end of the bridge is tied to the stakes in the rock. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the past, anyhow, the sight of animals, the scent of money deals with expensive stakes, had done much for him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Reverend Wright's feelings were hurt, Barack said, but he also seemed to understand the stakes, leading us to believe that he'd be supportive without dwelling on his disappointment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All his neighbors were leaving then, sadly pulling up stakes, moving on. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sold the farm and picked up stakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever your decision, one can vary the stakes or the number of people involved so as to induce you to reverse your decision. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us load our shoulders with pointed and twisted iron stakes; others thrust smooth iron rods through rolls of wire and go off with them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They threw the net over Constance, fixing it into the ground with long stakes and bludgeoning her senseless before she was properly awake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They watched Max place a circle of yellow crime scene tape near my trunk, using metal stakes. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

New York became a frequent destination, and after exploring new aspects of his character, Ridgeway picked up stakes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the early eighteenth century, large numbers of these Ulster Scots—or Scotch-Irish, as they called themselves—and their descendants pulled up stakes and crossed the Atlantic to the British colonies there. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes were so much higher for the others. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But time had taken a visible toll; tears in the seams hadn’t been mended, and rust coated most of the metal stakes hammered into the grass to keep it secure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Across the way young Meryra knelt before one of the shaping stakes, hammering his first bowl. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But we are not sure, and the stakes are high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He staked the doghouse into the ground with three stakes, all he had. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A widely touted theory assigned authorship to Scandinavian emigres, who later picked up stakes, moved to Mexico, and became the Toltecs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

A hand gripped on to the stakes of the wagon bed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I scrambled over the white split rail fence and carefully picked my way past the sharpened stakes of the interior fence. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

How it would be solved, he didn’t know, but he knew this: The stakes were higher than anyone else realized. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What stakes would I use to shape a mouth in gold? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But he understood the stakes of the mission, and he told Hoover, “I am human enough and ambitious enough to want it.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And never did the stakes seem higher than on waffle day. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big, rough-looking white man with bright red hair stood up and put his hand on the Preacher’s chest and said, “Show’s over, boy. We’s pulling up stakes tonight and don’t need no more workers.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Dad added, “Those stakes are just temporary. Until it can stand on its own.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water in the skins was two months stale, and besides, he’d gotten used to the labor—which involved an ironwood mallet and pounding stakes deep into the sand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were major-league stakes: intellectual and scientific, financial, and, less often discussed, military. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When she was sitting at a safer distance, I came back to the chupacabras and started circling him while my sisters kept their stakes at his throat and back. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit covered with dry leaves, and it stopped lowing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even the simplest decisions seemed wrought with impossibly high stakes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The stakes were huge: Whoever won ten games first would capture the lion’s share of the prize money and secure the “championship.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I took a branch about as big around as my thumb, broke it in half, then used a rock to pound both halves into the earth like tent stakes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The field, including two major stakes winners, was the most formidable Seabiscuit had ever faced. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes are higher of course, play the wrong song in a tavern and people might hiss you, but misjudge an entire town and things can get uglier than that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a lot of pressure to be at the center of so much attention, especially when the stakes were so high for Muslims in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Soon I found myself borrowing little stakes, from Sammy, from some of the musicians. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did he miss the opportunity to disown the offensive characterization of Burr; he raised the rhetorical stakes with his dismissive tone and gratuitously defiant counterthreat. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like bridge you had to pretend you were playing for money or playing for some stakes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew exactly what the stakes were this year. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He glanced at die dead men on their stakes, smiled, and went off to join Ser Godry and the other queen’s men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Darwin understood the stakes implicit in that claim. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We used May’s tomato stakes and other bits of board we could find and we filled up May’s empty garden with Dreams and Thunderstorms and Fire and that bright white Spirit that was May herself. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes were in the tack room of the barn, as was the tying-twine, so when I finished hoeing I tied them up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Back in my troupe, my father occasionally made us pull up stakes and leave a town despite the fact that we were welcome and the crowds were generous. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The latrines that ringed the encampment were overflowing and swarming with flies, and she saw faint greenish fuzz on many of the sharpened stakes that protected the perimeters. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ground was still pretty soggy from the winter, and the sand around the stakes was all wet through. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A metallic tinkling intermingled with new screams as hundreds of the pitching stakes outside uprooted, unable to bear the tent’s new strain. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the sight of Stannis, two of the men bound to the stakes began to plead for mercy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At most, it simply raised the stakes for tonight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even now, when the competition stakes were becoming so much higher, she still encouraged me to train with dedication, then go out there and have fun. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The presence of peers is one of the things that raises the emotional stakes, making it more likely that teens will seek out risk and short-term reward without pausing to consider the consequences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I see now what the stakes are for her and how she wants nothing more than to break out of the delicate little box her parents have built for her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Besides I had promised them a ride home in the Rolls Royce, and I never cheat when the stakes are high. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rested beside a plot growing tomatoes tied to wooden stakes with pieces of nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here it is: ‘Last Monday, unknown intruders uprooted survey stakes from the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad held back at first and lost some money to Robbie, then started upping the stakes and beating him. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The stakes are higher now. It matters to me what your answer is.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I think most people would have pressed the button the moment they realized the stakes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If you strip the clause of its false clues—the words separating the subject and verb—you end up with who . . . played for high stakes. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the stakes, for him now, were personal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Even in this place of fear and darkness, the Lord of Light protects us,” Ser Godry Farring told the men who gathered to watch as the stakes were hammered down into the holes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘And our scouts say that they have cast trenches and stakes across the road. We cannot sweep them away in sudden onset.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt gave him a reasonable starting proposal: He would make the Pimlico Special, the prestigious stakes race that War Admiral had won in 1937, into a two-horse event. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the attached bamboo stakes, Minli and the dragon had anchored their end of the bridge to the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If that happened, it would be like Brazil all over again, only with higher stakes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Three rows of stakes were pulled from the ground to make a hole in the line. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But with both superpowers now holding nuclear weapons, the stakes had gotten much higher and the battlefield even larger. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their absence placed the stakes of the discussions into relief; ultimately, it was for the young ones that they schemed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The stakes could be higher in some games than others, but Bull played them all to win. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the stakes were much higher—the Candidates results would determine who played for the World Championship—and Fischer wasn’t going to let an obnoxious eye jinx keep him from his destiny. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

While they were agreeing with Lee Scoresby what to play and for what stakes, his daemon flicked her ears at Pantalaimon, who understood and leaped to her side lightly as a squirrel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He drove iron stakes into the ground to fortify the chicken coop against future mink attacks and treasured the few eggs he gathered every morning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

During the day, we train with the few sickles, hoes, knives, stakes, and guns that are available in the camp. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like a streamer from one of the survey stakes, but it wasn’t. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the Ethyl Corporation, it’s still going strong, though GM, Standard Oil, and Du Pont no longer have stakes in the company. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

After Gallant Sir, he didn’t ride another stakes winner for years. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they had last seen him, he was a midlevel stakes winner in the hands of a trainer no one had heard of and a jockey no one remembered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the gate the man went along the fence, studying some plants tied up to stakes. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camels, llamas, zebras, and horses stand behind low ropes slung between iron stakes, their heads buried in mounds of hay. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Here is a situation where the stakes were high, where things were moving quickly, and where the participants had to make sense of a lot of new and confusing information in a very short time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

To one side, where I had cut down the last three rows of corn, Dad had marked off a long rectangle with twine wrapped around stakes in the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I see a loosely built part where the stakes are far apart and the bushes sparse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make weight in anything but high-class stakes races, jockeys had to keep their weight to no more than 114 pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At regular intervals we ram in the iron stakes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved that anxiety, that terrible and oppressive anxiety which he experienced during the game of dice, during the suspense of high stakes. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all understood the very high stakes of this eleventh game. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

There are other ways of raising the stakes. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After leaning toward allowing Pollard to ride in his stakes engagements, they changed their minds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dealing with criminals and high stakes took its toll on Kaylene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

On December 22 the chairman of the California Horse Racing Commission gathered reporters together and issued the board’s decree: Red Pollard was banned from riding all horses, including stakes mounts, until January 1,1938. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon slipped sideways between two sharpened stakes while Ghost slid beneath them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In 1992, the stakes again felt high: Another African American candidate, Carol Moseley Braun, had surprised everyone by narrowly winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Three stakes had been driven into the icy ground, and three charred bodies were bound to them, their blackened, cracked skin still smoldering. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Jamie, when the stakes are high, I never cheat. I consider myself too important to do that.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d measured it off and marked it with stakes and string. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a formidable player; few dared play with him for his stakes were so high and reckless. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes are considered high because instead of simply testing students to measure their progress, schools are increasingly held accountable for the results. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to make sure they understood the stakes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In foster homes, holidays always had a way of making me feel like an outsider—and now the stakes were higher. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But his talk all those years later was a sobering reminder of how high the stakes had been that day whether we knew it or not. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In late August they tried him in a good stakes race in Detroit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the races would be for the highest of stakes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pinewood stakes still stood, charred and scorched but not burned through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some go to live in other camps, where they learn to make poison stakes, and others follow the soldiers as porters. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a league from the crossroads, a barricade of sharpened stakes had been erected, manned by pikemen and archers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The brilliant white stakes that marked the perimeters of buildings imparted to the land the look of a Civil War burial ground. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, Woolf’s timing was so good that he rode for more than a decade before he was beaten in a photo finish of a stakes race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the rotting-plank road, wooden stakes were driven deep into the boggy ground; there the corpses festered, red and dripping. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But there’s also the issue of emotional stakes. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

That’s as close I can get before “Exposure” to the stakes being real. “We always are pleasantly surprised at what we have in us.”: Esperanza Spalding talks about making an album in 77 hours 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

What was more important to me was that SOA commit to the stakes it set when it started–Jax’s moral battle for the soul of the club. Sons of Anarchy Watch: To Be? or To Be Continued 2011-12-07T13:32:43Z

When Mirren allows herself to be body-slammed, the shock of seeing the cinema’s queen thwacked into concrete makes it impossible to focus on the stakes of the scene. ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ Review: Yells Like Teen Spirit 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

Although Abrams was a nervous wreck over the movie’s unfinished visual effects, not to mention the high stakes, the execs responded favorably, granting the filmmaker what he called “the biggest relief of my life.” J.J. Abrams on Screening Force Awakens for Disney Bosses 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

As the stakes rise, moral clarity turns out to be a luxury not everyone can afford. ‘A Balance’ Review: Critical Distance 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

She knows the stakes are very high for running away, that she will surely be killed. Avoiding Sectarian Violence to Tell a Story That Refused to Go Away 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

But the initial vocalization of the Miranda text wasn’t quite crisp enough, slightly deflating the dramatic stakes. Review: At the Philharmonic, Contemporary Is King for a Week 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

The whole thing is complicated, as these stories tend to be, with stakes as catastrophic as recent news headlines have trumpeted. ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ Review: Still Running 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z

The stakes are definitely high on this show. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Here is a man, as he explains, who is paralysed by self-consciousness when the stakes are high. Comedy gold: Simon Amstell's Do Nothing 2012-11-15T12:00:55Z

For many people in the United States today, a lying Twitter bully with access to nuclear bombs has finally highlighted the stakes. Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Raising the headgear stakes, Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun appears amid the impressive opulence of his stage show in a blue laser headdress. The Big Chill: day one 2011-08-06T11:29:53Z

So there needs to be something, whether it’s life or death – something with high stakes.  Dead Tree Alert: TV’s Bumper Crop of Blood; Plus: Kurt Sutter on the Uses of Mayhem 2013-02-28T13:14:43Z

It is the one where the prices, and presumably the stakes, are highest. Benno, Proudly Out of Step With the Age 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

But now, the stakes are higher for the show, and for Mr. Noah, the South African comedian who succeeded Mr. Stewart in September. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

The stakes are much higher this time around. This Story Has Already Stressed Ryan Reynolds Out 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Pathos not being much of a dramatic engine, Wright works very hard, if fictionally, to crank up the stakes. ‘Good Night, Oscar’ Review: Sean Hayes With Demerol and Cadenzas 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z

The review itself cracks a few jokes, and relates a surreal encounter, but it stakes a serious claim: “What I’m telling here is your story, America.” Steve Erickson’s ‘Shadowbahn’ is the best kind of experimental novel 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

The most important stakes here are about justice, not TV shows. So What Do We Do About 'The Cosby Show'? 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

You can, of course, run away with someone who offers more in the sexual satisfaction stakes, but I wonder if initially you need to do some work yourself before any change will occur. I don’t want to have sex with my husband any more 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

This trend may be a natural reflection of the current political climate, where the stakes feel higher and conflict has intensified. Network news music is the soundtrack to current events, but few know the composers behind it 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

But on Tuesday, the Trainwreck star raised the stakes even further by becoming the first woman ever to be named to Forbes’ Highest Paid Comedians list. Amy Schumer: First Woman on Forbes' Highest Paid Comedians List 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

An older piece at the National Gallery might have made clear the high stakes in James Meyer’s theme. Seeing Double? So Do Great Artists. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z

The slapstick becomes more violent, the stakes more naked, the laughs more terrifying and cruel. ‘Parasite’ Review: The Lower Depths Rise With a Vengeance 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

Another technique is to suspend special plastic netting horizontally above them, held up by two rows of stakes. Keep tomatoes off the soil with the stake-and-weave technique 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

He says this would leave all stakes in Suhrkamp to the highest bidder. Authors join tug-of-war at top German publishing house Suhrkamp Verlag 2013-01-25T07:00:01Z

He stakes her out at her job working as a caregiver for an elderly woman. Park Chan-wook's mesmerizing "Decision to Leave" is a dreamy seduction that plays with our trust 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

Phexxi has a long way to go before profitability, and Evofem is testing a major second use for it, with high stakes. The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

And yet, the stakes in "Paintballs" feel significantly higher. Forget "The Rise of Skywalker" — the only "Star Wars" sequel you need is this episode of "Community" 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z

The new trailer for Wonder Woman, hitting theaters this summer, ups the stakes for the character. Gal Gadot Tests Out Wonder Woman’s Bulletproof Bracelets in New Trailer 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

How the media portray suicide directly affects how our culture handles it, and the stakes for irresponsible reporting are high. Clicks over ethics: Mainstream media’s coverage of suicide is careless, even dangerous 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

The constitutional stakes are too high for sanctimony. Let the power of 'Hamilton' speak louder than a Twitter feud 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

The work has its greatest tension and highest stakes when the specificities of individual personalities are transcended, and the chorus is singing. Critic’s Notebook: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ Has the Gay Closet as Its Subtext 2012-07-03T21:36:04Z

Free-soloing, because of its stakes, requires the most focus of all. He falls, he dies: a climber’s account of hanging over the abyss 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z

And the stakes are lower with a box of chai-tea eggnog cookies than with a sweater. The Magic of the Food Gift Swap 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

I tread silently, aware that the stakes were very different than those of any of my previous transgressions. My inappropriate relationship 2013-03-24T01:00:00Z

Though not one of their most technically perfect songs, it emphatically stakes his claim as one of the most passionate singers in contemporary rock. The Gaslight Anthem: Get Hurt 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

The race is still on, and the stakes are not just happy endings, but Emma's life. 'Once Upon a Time': Ursula's daddy issues and 'Unfortunate Souls' 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z

“You can simply insert narration clarifying the stakes.” How André Holland and Company Brought ‘Richard II’ to Radio 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Kelly’s first statement was made during an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd as he evaluated the stakes in the ongoing drug war, which causes tens of thousands of deaths each year in the United States. War on weed: Homeland Security secretary calls marijuana “a potentially dangerous gateway drug” 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

The stakes for David are evident in her gifted class, the only one in the school in which David is surrounded by mostly white students. ‘David Makes Man’ and the Matters of a Young Black Life 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

“There are such high stakes at the competitions, but then it’s also a very joyous dance form, and I loved that juxtaposition,” Mirza said. Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

Perloff also points out that unlike so many other war diaries, Wittgenstein’s includes very little about the larger stakes of the war itself. Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

Among contemporary novels, Miriam Toews’s “Women Talking,” which I admired as intellectually serious, morally challenging and formally interesting without being gimmicky; it is also spare of language yet shocking of stakes. Kathryn Schulz Doesn’t Count Any Reading Pleasures as Guilty 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

At the same time it highlights a key problem with the novel, which is that the stakes remain too low. The transformation of 'Planet of the Apes,' from book to movie legend 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

And established characters and stakes are the antitheses to the lazy multiverse narrative. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z

The business stakes: Now available in about 94 million homes in the U.S., Duggar family show is the latest TV series to cope with off-screen drama 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

That’s predictable, given the high studio stakes and the industry’s faith in spectacles of destruction, but it doesn’t obliterate the movie’s pleasures. Tom Cruise Battles Invaders in ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

It was also, he said, in line with where Americans found themselves in 1776, when — as now — the situation was constantly changing, the stakes were high, the future uncertain. The Battle for 1776 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

The era that Rusbridger recounts was so momentous for journalism and the stakes so high, it was hard to see the new existential challenges looming. A Revolution for Journalism — or a Death Knell? 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

Before deciding to pick up stakes and move downtown, the Whitney considered several redesigns at its Breuer location, including expansions by Michael Graves, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano. Whitney Museum Sells Breuer Building to Sotheby’s for About $100 Million 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

In that sense, the best books offer a way to read the stakes for what they are, no apologies, no sugarcoating, just one human addressing another, a single conversation at a time. 'I am provoked, disturbed' - David L. Ulin on the best books of 2015 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

But it's certainly frustrating to be just repeatedly told that the stakes have been raised, rather than really understand why. The Americans recap: Season one, episode two 2013-06-03T23:47:51Z

This quiet acting is far more articulate and patient than some of the dialogue, which raises stakes and develops characters abruptly. How ‘Horace and Pete’ Made the Network Suits Look Good 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Lowell has some juicy twists up his sleeve, and the dramatic stakes are raised as the action unfolds in real time as one unbroken scene. Redacting history in ‘The Letters’ 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

But as language specialists enter the legal world, they find the stakes are high, the science uncertain and the scrutiny intense. Forensic linguistics: Do your e-mails, texts and tweets reveal clues to your identity? 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

"I am totally creatively satisfied making documentaries, but I do enjoy the idea — this is going to sound really strange — of taking on something that is not so real and the stakes aren't so high." Amy Berg's newest dark movie isn't a documentary -- finally 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z

Too often funding success leads to artistic failure as the financial stakes are raised and experimentation goes out the window. Artists are doing it for themselves | Lyn Gardner 2010-03-31T11:44:00Z

Most Reddit suspected the author worked in finance due to the “high stakes” reference. Reddit author confesses to being stoned at work 'all day every day' 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

“The good thing about period is that there are high stakes to it, which is great for storytelling and great for exploring ideas and people.” This Is Not History’s Catherine the Great 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

On Monday, it jacks up the stakes with “The Expanse,” a 10-episode dystopian drama that it’s calling “the most ambitious series in Syfy history.” Review: ‘The Expanse,’ a Syfy Space Opera Laced With Parables 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

This automatically raises the stakes of every confrontation. ‘Preachers of L.A.’ Puts New Spin on Reality-TV Formula 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z

Big money was being spent, and the stakes were high. Los Angeles Has a New Comedy Clubhouse: Dynasty Typewriter 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

The field is so small, the stakes so apparently low, that pricking any but the most inflated reputation can seem, as the phrase goes, like breaking a butterfly on a wheel. ‘Major Labels’ Wraps Popular Music — All of It — in a Warm Embrace 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

Fox yanked the series from its Tuesday berth and shuffled it to Friday nights, where the stakes are much lower. Broadcast networks encouraged by better than expected ratings 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

And she does suspect it means the stakes in the screenplay skewed differently: the aim is to get home, rather than to slaughter as many of the enemy as possible. 'The stupidest thing humanity ever did to itself': Sam Mendes and Colin Firth on 1917 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

Everyone on the long list of rolling credits deserves praise for pulling off this show, but the stakes of relevance are much higher now than before the pandemic, when the production was first planned. Live, Urgent, but With a Slightly Recycled Feel 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

“I wanted to be clear that Edward is a unicorn, that for him, failing has higher stakes than for others.” In ‘The Girl Before,’ Minimalism Offers a Dangerous Sanctuary 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

Here, the rhetoric is not as grand, the stakes are less sharply defined and the actors wear their borrowed personalities lightly. ‘Tesla’ Review: Lightning Strikes, but Quietly 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

Somehow, though, watching our favorite pack of undead knuckleheads suddenly have power and responsibility thrust upon them for entirely illegitimate reasons feels different because the stakes are non-existent. "What We Do in the Shadows" revels in the fecklessness of vampires who fail upward 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

But what she’s really captured is the poetry and elegance of low stakes. The Playlist: Ariana Grande Shows Her Heart, and 8 More New Songs 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Forgettables might grasp the stakes, too, but they’re ultimately counting on half the Super Bowl viewership to stumble off into the kitchen to throw another plate of nachos in the microwave. Review | Maroon 5 and the Super Bowl halftime show that erased itself 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Among the assets spread among several investment funds, Alden holds stakes in the Pier One retail company and in ParkerVision, a semiconductor company. As a secretive hedge fund guts its newspapers, journalists are fighting back 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

The polyphonic narrative that ensues has the pacing and urgency of a spy thriller but the middling stakes of a book about a group of privileged kids sending each other cryptic texts. Review | Can a thriller also be a feminist social critique? Lisa Lutz gives it a try in ‘The Swallows’ 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

His heroes and villains are invariably more ordinary — and human — than extraordinary, which raises the stakes and amplifies the tension. ‘Glass’ Movie Review: A Nutty Ride With M. Night Shyamalan 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

While Auntie triumphed in the culinary stakes with Masterchef and The Great British Bake Off, C4 took the wooden spoon and, gurgling maniacally, proceeded to beat itself about the cranium with it. 2012: a year in television 2012-12-29T00:06:01Z

The big screen lurks behind the series as a crucial source of inspiration; “Easy” ’s scenes from a marriage are haunted by the spirit of Ingmar Bergman—both in their stakes and in their proportions. What to Stream This Weekend: The Third Season of Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

I knew to me it felt like high stakes drama, but it was hard to convince people of that on the page. Whiplash stars drum up Oscar hopes 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

The economic stakes are high on both sides of the Atlantic. An international battle over cheese has left European producers feeling bitter 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

Tonight would be the 17th joint appearance between the two candidates, but the stakes were higher than ever. This Democrat thinks his opponent has an advantage because she’s a woman. Is he right? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

It’s possible that this switch in emphasis is intended to “raise the stakes,” as the classic network note puts it. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

But he has raised the stakes for the band here, tackling issues of mortality and eternity, along with the usual love and yearning. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Korn, Currensy and Tom Jones 2010-07-26T00:05:00Z

“In the Woods,” likewise, is not so much a story about pot as it is about choices and forking paths: a choose your own adventure with bigger stakes. REVIEW: Louie Watch: High Anxiety 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Essex’s Ella, though reliably adorable, is ornamental, meant to do nothing more than heighten the stakes. ‘You Should Have Left’ Review: This Haunted House Is Familiar 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

But even given the high stakes, neither appeared nervous. Go Behind the Scenes With Nico & Vinz at The Tonight Show 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

You basically need high stakes with high reward.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Grab a Brew While They Face Death 2011-03-24T16:56:52Z

As a seasoned pro with a knack for narrative and heightened emotional stakes, Bannon knows how to work a crowd. You can learn a lot about Steve Bannon by watching the films he made 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The designs kept the characters and their shifting stakes in perspective around Aaron Lyons’ multilevel set, and all three actors were exceptional. An intersex teen is at the center of Blank Theatre's 'A Singular They' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the emotional stakes are laid, and they will pay off. ‘Twelfth Night’ Review: A Shot of Joy Under a Darkening Sky 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

Her failure, she tells an ally and viewers at home who might not be clear on the stakes here, means that another woman won't get her job for many years. "Tommy" is bracing and earnestly woke, maybe even too much for CBS' audience 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

The stakes were high: Harrison and his crew faced not only big fines but also jail time. The Hollywood superlawyer whose death went unnoticed 2011-03-29T00:52:57Z

The New York Observer then raised the meta stakes, approaching Mr. Matos and his editors for a brief oral history of the making of that oral history. ArtsBeat: The Age of Oral Histories 2012-03-02T18:56:31Z

But don't let their surfer bro lingo fool you: The stakes are high, thanks to the surfers' apparent death wish. The 25 Best Heist Movies 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Her young charge twigs immediately that she’s talking about weed; cue some witty, tender banter, which raises the emotional stakes once Michael Myers shows up. Making a killing: what's behind Halloween's box-office success? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

These possible faux-pas aside, soon the stakes have to be raised dramatically or I fear this will be another HBO one and done series. ‘Westworld’ Season 1, Episode 4: Truth and Consequences 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

“Given the stakes, which equate to no less than genocide against Black people, the watery vagaries of this statement are, ultimately, a violence.” Poetry Foundation Leadership Resigns After Black Lives Matter Statement 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z

With his feature, Davenport stakes out his own vantage point on the world, one that leaves a viewer wishing to hear his thoughts elaborated even further. ‘I Didn’t See You There’ Review: A View From His Seat 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Everything about that account — the wreck, the conditions, the divers, their persistence and preparation, and, despite all that, the number of things that went wrong — imprinted on me the stakes of open-ocean diving. Off the North Carolina shore, a deep dive into history 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high for a company that employs 1,000 people and helps set an international standard for opera. Metropolitan Opera?s Donations Hit a Record $182 Million 2011-10-11T02:17:33Z

The characters never change, but the stakes can shift wildly from one adventure to the next. Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Some people use 90-degree brackets to connect the boards at the corners, though I just pound 12-inch stakes into the ground on either side of each board to set it vertically. Yes, it’s January. But if you want a robust spring garden, start your seed-shopping now. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

“It is a mistake to think you have the magic touch. Show business is roulette. “If you start to play for stakes you can’t afford, there’s no way you can survive.” Samuel Goldwyn Jr., second-generation Hollywood producer, dies at 88 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

It was a nice touch that the episode ended without giving the answer—that would be too easy for the show—but I didn’t really care about the stakes to begin with. House Watch: Score One for the Team 2011-11-08T13:43:47Z

Conan O'Brien went to TBS and Howard Stern to satellite radio, both securing rich ownership stakes but arguably losing influence on their smaller platforms. He's the Boss 2011-06-23T09:50:00Z

With the stakes this high, anything and everything can be a hypochondriac trigger. Exposure therapy: why we're obsessed with watching virus movies 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Like one of his own tycoons or hustlers, forever upping the stakes, Anderson has now made eight films of increasing ambition and scope. To appreciate the ‘Masterworks’ of Paul Thomas Anderson, here are 5 essential movies of his to watch 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z

“Museums aren’t independent reporters on the past, they’re part of an ongoing process of identity formation, so the stakes are very high.” What Should an L.G.B.T.Q. Museum Be? Approaches Vary. 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Among the disenchanted: See More » “In creating false suspense and undermining the life-or-death stakes it thrives on, ‘The Walking Dead’ just lost at its own game.” ‘The Walking Dead’: Reacting to the Big Reveal, and Looking Ahead to Next Week 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

In his mind, the stakes couldn't be much higher. For Russell Crowe, directing 'Water Diviner' is risky; reward is 'freedom' 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

“It was an era that I immediately connected with, growing up during the Cold War and being very, very aware of the stakes in this nuclear game of dice.” For Spielberg, ‘Bridge of Spies’ is culmination of a Cold War fascination 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

If Game of Thrones has taught us anything, it’s that what a significant number of viewers love is stories of madness and magic set in a world of high stakes and low morals. What's the next Game of Thrones? All the contenders for fantasy TV's crown 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z

The stakes, that is, as Leonard and his protagonist define them, which is the fulcrum on which this entire book turns. A Fascinating Page-Turner Made From an Unlikely Subject: Federal Reserve Policy 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Sure, "Bionic" was made for a post-Lady Gaga world, where the comparisons are inevitable and the sales stakes are high. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z

The high stakes of live broadcast television make the slightest mistake seem like a pie to the face. The irrepressible joy of Australian news bloopers: from distressingly human to extremely bird 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

It’s not quite there yet, the stakes seem low, and there aren’t any characters that really inspire devotion, but I can see how this could blossom in engaging ways. The Bastard Executioner: latest medieval drama won't slay you 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z

But all of a sudden the stakes were raised because there was a camera there and it was going to be forever. Q&A: Jackman, Hathaway dream a dream in 'Les Miz' 2012-12-14T13:41:19Z

Kirker and three other wood scientists teamed up on a study published in 2013 that looked at what happened to stakes left in the ground beyond three years. Is wood still a viable option for retaining walls, or will it deteriorate quickly? 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z

That means the stakes are even higher for GLAAD’s goals of reaching representation, even as the fragility of positive movement is clear. Study: Pandemic eats into LGBTQ representation on network TV 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z

The numbers are necessarily approximate, but even from within the deadliest conflict in history, such devastation from a single, airdropped device raised the stakes of war from conquest into the realm of human annihilation. The Reporter Who Told the World About the Bomb 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Hundreds of millions from China, India and other lands have escaped famine and want and acquired stakes in a global economy in which all agree that a nuclear war would be bad for business. How Do You Explain Henry Kissinger? 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

More psychodrama than postapocalyptic adventure, the movie parcels out its scares in small, effective jolts, delivering just enough menace to remind us of the stakes. Review: ‘Here Alone’ Will Scare You With Menacing Little Jolts 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

"When that opportunity arrives, it's big stakes. There's a lot on the table and a lot at risk. I'm absolutely terrified right now." Buddies and budding actor, writer hustle to land their big breaks 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

So with the Black Keys poised to establish their place among the top tier of rock acts, the stakes for “El Camino” are especially high. Music: The Black Keys Change Gears With ?El Camino? 2011-12-01T18:34:37Z

No one can predict how viewers will respond to a show like “Snowpiercer,” with its stark depictions of life-or-death stakes, during this time. On Track for the Apocalypse, ‘Snowpiercer’ Comes to Television 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

The stakes are different and the conversations are different. Ken Jeong: 'Dr. Ken' Is a 'Nice Departure From Crazy' 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Daily Dose:  Netflix is raising the stakes in its fights with the broadband providers that deliver its content to consumers. Record number vie for film tax credit. Lisa Kudrow's trying trial. 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

The battle, he said, “is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low.” What’s on TV This Week: CMA Fest and ‘Becoming Elizabeth’ 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

“Now the stakes have shifted, and populists are selling a ‘bright past.’ ‘Time Shelter’ Wins International Booker Prize 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

In drafts eighteen through eighty-four, I realized that the stakes of this piece are less aesthetic or ethical than metaphysical. Susan Choi’s “Trust Exercise” and the Question of Appropriating Other People’s Lives as Fiction 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z

On one particular afternoon, Bacon “heard these echoes” as he was playing “rather small stakes” at three different tables. How France and Monaco Inspired Francis Bacon 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

The stakes were high, then, for the young man born in Joplin, Mo. He had to deliver. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

It would give some stakes to this thing. He’s Tried to Leave ‘Star Wars’ Before. Will This Be It? 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

But nothing establishes the stakes in these arguments or dramatizes the drive for knowledge. In ‘The Theory of Everything,’ Stephen Hawking’s Home Life 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Drama is based on ratcheting up the stakes. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

But if the stakes are high, so could be the potential rewards. New Paris hotel joins race to pamper the super rich 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

The stakes are raised and the balance of power is shifted with the appearance of an English girl, Olivia, whose mad crush on one teacher is nearly reciprocated. ‘Olivia’ Explores Love and Tragedy in a French Finishing School 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

But the stakes are higher with a Black child. Raising a Black son in a white world 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

But Kimmy Schmidt managed to avoid that curse by taking the gags and structure of 30 Rock and just infinitely upping the stakes, replacing dumb celebrities with troubled real people. PTSD and pervy Muppets: Kimmy Schmidt’s finale pushes the reset button on satire 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

It’s an environment where the stakes seem high, but in reality they’re not that high because you’re still living with your parents. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Making ‘G.B.F.’ 2013-04-19T16:00:13Z

Unlike most reality shows, which rely on artificial constructs or manufactured theatrics, the stakes here — marriage or potential deportation — are inherent and existentially huge. ‘90 Day Fiancé’: An Anti-Fantasy for Troubled Times 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Bartlett Sher’s quaint production interpolates a bit too much physical violence, presumably to raise the emotional stakes, but understands that the piece is at heart a small, sweet romance, drawing both smiles and tears. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

In 1942, however, Berlin pulled up stakes in a big way and headed off to war. The Man Who Was American Music 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

Some who weighed in said the stakes are simply too high — and too personal. The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

In dramatizing these choices, McDermott unfolds the origami of a particular Catholic mind-set, in which the stakes are the highest and no neat or clear outcome is available. In Alice McDermott’s Novel, A Cloistered Life Blows Open 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

Here, the stakes don't always rise with the script. Three stars for engaging 'Hickorydickory' 2011-05-16T01:07:25Z

What would in lesser hands be a simple raising of the dramatic stakes for shock value becomes the beginning of Fleabag’s redemption. The 50 best TV shows of 2019: No 2 – Fleabag 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

When the stakes are some form of mild discomfort, it may be tolerable to let someone experiment with med as they like. Is marijuana a medical miracle? The truth is, we still don't know 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

Rupert and James Murdoch initially resisted, but also agreed to appear after the committee raised the stakes by issuing formal summonses. Embattled News Intl CEO Rebekah Brooks resigns 2011-07-15T11:47:08Z

For Tracy, though, the stakes are utterly real — her identity and her future depend on succeeding in every competition she enters — and her faith in the system is correspondingly fervent. What America Gets Wrong About Tracy Flick 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

The acceleration of artificial intelligence into our lives raises the stakes. Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

But Taylor wisely keeps his satirical flourishes in check, never allowing them to downplay or soften the real stakes Wallace faces. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

The stakes are a lot higher and there’s a lot more anger and energy and fear that’s all going on, so this all has to translate. Dressed to Kill: A Conversation with the Costume Designer of Catching Fire 2013-11-22T23:55:03Z

Yet the series is not a dry survey of education policy — it’s an urgent, inspiring and often heartbreaking look at teenagers who are playing for the highest of stakes. You’d think this Chicago-area school could close its race gap. A new TV series tries to find out why it can’t. 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Whatever the reasons, with the stakes so high, too much of what we’re seeing is far from encouraging. Perspective | The media should spotlight a different kind of war expert: Those who voted ‘no’ on Iraq 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

With its combination of low stakes and high melodrama, the dispute between Ms. Vardy and Ms. Rooney did not amount to the trial of the century. ‘Wagatha Christie’ Trial, a British Spectacle, Ends: There Was No Libel, Judge Finds 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

It was definitely a choice to put these dangerous situations at the beginning of the pilot to alert the audience the stakes are high here. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

The college admissions essay is already a high stakes assignment. What to read next: 5 recommended books for back to school season 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

The book is unlikely to change anyone’s mind about Snowden, but when it comes to privacy and speech and the Constitution, his story clarifies the stakes. In Edward Snowden’s New Memoir, the Disclosures This Time Are Personal 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

But after Van Anglen missed payments and failed to secure a large concert venue, the show picked up stakes and settled on a new home: A high-school auditorium. This is the story of the Fyre Festival of Classical music, enjoy 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Generally speaking, any Golden Globes telecast is a fairly low stakes affair for people who write about television. Sandra Oh saved the Golden Globes: The good, bad and ugly of the 2019 awards 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

So when she started writing “Double Helix,” she wanted to ensure “the emotional stakes were greater than the actual historical stakes.” Rosalind Franklin’s Role in DNA Discovery, Once Ignored, Is Told Anew in Song 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

Maybe next time Sookie stakes a vampire, her new pals from the super sexed up tampon ad party can help clean it up. "True Blood" recap: Rock bottom 2010-08-02T12:30:00Z

"The stakes could not have been higher," Biden said after approving the debt ceiling package, also called the Fiscal Responsibility Act. How Biden's debt ceiling concessions screwed over folks who need SNAP 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

The stakes are higher — Meyer’s set off at least one international incident already — but the format is the same. “Veep”‘s huge season-finale plot development won’t change the show at all 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

They have so much at stake and so little relevance compared to the stakes. A Minute With: Sarah Silverman on standup success, network TV failure 2013-11-20T13:06:15Z

The information age might be corroding our political discourse, but the immediacy of the Internet has allowed contemporary jazz musicians to listen wide and deep, expanding their proverbial playing fields while reimagining the stakes. Review | How the Internet transformed contemporary jazz 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z

But this drama, designed to be an anthology, poses a higher narrative challenge to its creators, in that there are no physical stakes anchoring the story. Romancing the music: "High Fidelity" and "Cherish the Day" find affection in their art 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z

And the postponement of her Las Vegas residency the day before its original January kickoff date raises the stakes even more for this rescheduled “Weekends With Adele” run at Caesars Palace’s 4,100-seat Colosseum. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

The Greenleaf family is back for a fourth season, and the stakes are only getting higher for the family’s Memphis megachurch, Calvary Fellowship. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Mayans M.C.’ and ‘Conan’ in Greenland 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Click here to watch video Both films feature Hitchcock impersonations at their jowliest, with Jones perhaps just shading it in the accuracy stakes. Hitchcock face-off: who's the jowliest? 2012-10-11T16:09:00Z

The stakes couldn’t be much lower in “Mr. Pim Passes By,” a trivial comedy of manners that seems to evaporate into the ether while the actors are still taking their bows. ‘Mr. Pim Passes By’: drollery, manners, not much else 2014-02-06T22:23:33Z

Alas, "interest wanes as the stakes get higher." 'Project Almanac' reviews say found-footage gimmick is out of date 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

“When I really understood the stakes, the cultural stakes … I think a different me showed up.” ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ makes personal impact on cast 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

Set at the close of the Edo period, not long before the Meiji restoration, “13 Assassins” is at once a tale of revenge and liberation, though it takes a little while to grasp the stakes. | '13 Assassins': Swords Drip Red With Revenge 2011-04-28T21:47:36Z

On a recent afternoon on the edge of town, down a winding lane lined with walnut and cherry trees, a small group of construction workers drove iron stakes into the ground of a wire-enclosed field. To House Refugees, Lviv Wants to Make Beautiful Buildings That Last 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

As a cancer drama, “After Everything” is refreshingly mundane, focusing less on the high stakes of illness than on how two young people talk to each other in sickness and in health. Review: In ‘After Everything,’ a Young Love Blooms in Crisis 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

But Richard is also kind of a genius who's upping the stakes as the creator of a revolutionary new compression algorithm that has the fictional tech world buzzing. Thomas Middleditch's nerdy 'Silicon Valley' part hits close to home 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Like the other animated films, “World Heroes’ Mission” is a stand-alone story and so holds no stakes in the larger narrative. ‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ Review: Boy on the Run 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

In the backs of their minds, they know what the stakes are and where their bread is buttered. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Late last week, PUC Commissioner Mike Florio raised the stakes by proposing the regulatory panel block Comcast's bid to acquire Time Warner Cable. Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger debated at California PUC 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The mystery of her father’s life and death provides “Karl Marx City” with suspense, and with a concrete sense of profound moral and emotional stakes. Review: ‘Karl Marx City’ Revisits the Everyday Terror of Dictatorship 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

Salomone explores the language wars taking place all over the planet, the cultural, economic and political stakes in those wars, and why English is winning so far. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

As the stakes are raised, so are the problems. Up Close: Faris Al-Shathir Matches Designers With Architects 2012-01-11T17:46:41Z

So maybe it's time to ask some modified version of Venturi's questions, while realizing that the implications are far different — and the stakes arguably higher, at least in political terms — this time around. Race, violence in Ferguson, Mo., cop killing play out on Main Street 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

The action of “Pony” takes place on a grander scale, with higher stakes, following its young protagonist, Silas, as he makes a harrowing trek across a haunted forest and dangerous ravines. 3 Middle Grade Novels Explore the Bond Between Horse and Human 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

As with Lady Gaga's "Telephone", when the video aims this high in the "omg!! wtf??" stakes, the song becomes more soundtrack than track. MIA's Born Free: going for the jugular 2010-05-01T23:10:00Z

"It's much more difficult to get successful placements for the big events when the eyes of the world are watching, the stakes are higher and there are more people in the game." Oscars red carpet: a runway of sharp elbows and high fashion stakes 2014-02-23T12:17:46Z

As he sees it, Sixthman isn’t in the concert business, it’s in the vacation business, and thus the stakes are elevated. Rock Cruises, Bright Spots for the Cruise and Music Industries 2012-03-30T14:51:16Z

Both of us were masked, and the stakes seemed high: It felt like “2001: A Space Odyssey” meets spider roll. Historical societies across the U.S. are crowdsourcing pandemic time capsules 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

So here are four truly tough silent movie stars who can stand alongside Keaton in the stunt stakes: 1. The silent-era film stars who risked life and limb doing their own film stunts 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z

And it’s too bad, because on its own, this final hour is funny and sweet, raw and delicate, in a way that recalls Louie’s past tonal balancing acts while raising the show’s stakes. REVIEW: Louie Watch: Going All In 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

In her foreword to the book, Michelle Obama says that Mr. Smith understood the stakes. Mr. Smith Went to Washington … With Dimmers 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Understanding those stakes, they engaged in suicidal missions in an effort to keep the Japanese Navy from bombarding the Marine airfield on the island and also from landing reinforcements. George Washington, William T. Sherman and Viking Marauders 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

The high stakes of putting on a show! ‘Smash,’ NBC’s Short-Lived Musical Drama, Eyes the Stage 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

This quietly effective sequence reminds us that the heroic measures Jones takes to stop Kilgrave are costly even if they’re not as over-the-top as the comparatively high stakes of the show’s pilot. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 3: You’re a Good Person 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

But this is fantasy Vincent Chase land, where, after what I've been told was a brief seasonal hiatus, the stakes are once again lowered to absolutely nothing. "Entourage" recap: 8x1 2011-07-25T16:40:00Z

That stopped the crying, but our mounting fatigue had raised the stakes for our visit to Ghibli Park. Our Favorite Magical Creatures Live at Ghibli Park, So We Had to Go 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z

It’s a trick you do with your mind, of saying, well, the stakes aren’t that high. You Won’t Have Andy Richter to Sidekick Around Anymore 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

The excitement in watching “Venus in Fur” is in not knowing exactly what the emotional and sexual stakes really are. | 'Venus in Fur': ?Venus in Fur,? by David Ives, With Nina Arianda - Review 2011-11-09T03:01:30Z

A shadowy organization involved in dark rituals with global stakes. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

“Their programs typically average between $5,000 and $10,000 a month due to the higher level of finesse necessary and because the stakes are much higher.” Erasing the Digital Past 2011-04-01T23:06:28Z

The drama of male sacrifice continues to pump emotion and the highest of stakes into some of the most popular mainstream movies, too, including the “Star Wars” franchise and assorted comic-book adaptations. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

The Hollywood stakes for Smith are as high as they are for the con man he plays. Will Smith and Margot Robbie sizzle in the irresistible 'Focus' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

It’s a funny, self-aware moment given how extreme the stakes have become in this fascinating and strange pop epic. ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1’ 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

It’s easy to argue that Homeland is just a TV show, a thriller that naturally demands diabolical villains and high stakes. “Homeland” accidentally aired subversive Arabic graffiti saying “Homeland is racist” 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

Pinker says, "Religion is a desperate measure that people resort to when the stakes are high and they have exhausted the usual techniques for the causation of success". Marilynne Robinson: Can science solve life's mysteries? 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z

The sequel ups the stakes considerably and the trailer shows Donald Sutherland's nefarious President Snow plotting to rid the districts of Katniss as he realises her power as a focus for the rebellion. Comic-Con: Jennifer Lawrence on Hunger Games sequel and Aaron Eckhart's 'fit Frankenstein' 2013-07-21T09:23:08Z

But the two-year pandemic delay — which saw nationwide racial-justice protests, a bitterly contested presidential election and the Jan. 6 insurrection — have only heightened the stakes. ‘1776’ in 2022: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of a Dual Reality 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

So of course Eric decapitates the gay storm troopers and Bill stakes Nan to the true death. "True Blood" 4x12: A sexy, bloody end to season four 2011-09-12T11:59:00Z

When I asked him if he thinks that left-wingers are so rude to him because the stakes are so high, he replied that each side just views the stakes differently. Why I can still be best friends with someone whose politics I despise 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

The Floating Garden Niki de Saint Phalle — five “floating islands” moored to steel stakes buried under the riverbed and connected by footbridges — provided one such sanctuary. In Paris, a Playful Path Along the Seine 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

For some of Segovia’s colleagues, the stakes are even higher. With their visas in limbo, journalists at Voice of America worry that they’ll be thrown out of America 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

“And it was low stakes, because he lived in San Francisco.” It Was Time. The Coast Didn’t Matter. 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

He deploys plenty of metaphors, not to adorn the stakes but to clarify them. One Journalist’s Wary, Frustrating Relationship With Edward Snowden 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

We are watching players compete in a rigged game with potentially mortal stakes and unreliable referees. It’s Bong Joon Ho’s Dystopia. We Just Live in It. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

The contest intentionally lacks meaningful rewards, an obvious metaphor for life’s arbitrary stakes. ‘Stanleyville’ Review: The Most Senseless Game 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

Kilborn looked the part of a smug network anchor around whom the producers built their first version of a news satire revolving around actual headlines, few of which had any real stakes. Why women really don’t get to host late-night TV 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z

The promos and trailer for this season suggest that the stakes are even higher now. 7 Questions Sherlock Needs to Answer in Season 4 2016-12-25T05:00:00Z

But the plot loops are more elaborate than that premise suggests; the stakes higher, the history rather more freighted. The best movies of 2019 that you haven't seen 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

In a necessary tonal shift from the epic "Avengers: Endgame," this one has much smaller stakes in terms of its story. MCU: The Franchise of the 2010s 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

But when an international sophisticate like George Clooney adds his imprimatur, the stakes are somewhat raised. George Clooney cheered at Edinburgh cafe that helps homeless people 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

The hybrid documentary approach provides a scaffolding for understanding the players and the stakes, and it doesn’t disrupt the narrative momentum, as there is none. “Valley of the Boom,” Reviewed: A Rah-Rah Reënactment of the Dot-Com Cataclysm 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

The most difficult scenes occur early and set the grim mood and moral stakes. Movie Review: Jessica Chastain in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ 2012-12-17T23:06:45Z

Not sure of his intentions, she suggested that they make it a brown bag lunch outside where they could enjoy the beautiful fall Atlanta weather — something low key and low stakes. They Fell for Each Other Over a Fall Lunch 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

That raises the stakes for Mr. Wolf as he pushes into fresh territory unrelated to “the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute offenders.” Television: ‘Chicago Fire’ and the Changing Dick Wolf 2012-10-07T04:49:02Z

It was a struggle over precious liberties but lacked an obvious embodiment of the stakes. The time Donald Trump’s empire took on a stubborn widow — and lost 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Changes in the film world have raised the stakes since then. Hollywood Revs Up Partisan Films a Year Ahead of Election 2011-10-19T22:54:25Z

"There is extreme violence, we wanted the violence to be realistic and believable so the stakes are real," Druckmann told The Guardian in 2012. "The Last of Us" could change how Hollywood does video games, but hateful gamers make it difficult 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

In “The Gambler,” a movie about a guy who’s a glutton for criminally high stakes and for punishment, a skeletonized Mark Wahlberg wears a mop of greasy hair and an abject look. ‘The Gambler’ Stars Mark Wahlberg Indulging in a Habit 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

This theme gives the seven-episode final season a heightened sense of stakes, even as the chaos continues. ‘Derry Girls’: And Now Their Troubles Are Ended 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z

Ultimately “Unicorn” builds worlds and mythologies but not the urgent stakes or interesting characters to drive them. Where Does ‘Unicorn: Warriors Eternal’ Rank in the Tartakovsky Canon? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

Every character is keeping secrets from everyone else, and each successive revelation raises the stakes and changes the rules. ‘Reset’: a fresh start, over and over and over ... 2013-01-23T23:39:57Z

Maybe that’s the essential delusion at the heart of much academic enterprise, but thwarted egos alone don’t make for especially high dramatic stakes. Review: In ‘Queen,’ the Numbers Don’t Always Add Up 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

We had to give enough historical context to show people what the stakes were. The riveting saga of "The Donut King," who was seduced by dough, money and power 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

Yet despite the movie’s sympathy for the high stakes of Henry’s adolescence, the myopia of his point of view settles over “Chemical Hearts” like a layer of grime. ‘Chemical Hearts’ Review: Trauma Catalyzes a Teen Romance 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z

In the intensity stakes, Fiennes could be auditioning for a serial killer. Ralph Fiennes's full-metal Coriolanus 2010-05-06T21:00:00Z

The stakes are high for Kim, who in August became the first woman to hold the post of music director at one of the country’s largest opera companies. She’s Making History in Opera. Can She Help Ensure Its Future? 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

With this gut-punch of a finale, “The Last of Us” has made its stakes about something bigger than simply keeping Ellie alive. ‘The Last of Us’ Finale: First-Person Shooter 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

The achievement of “If I Stay,” as of “The Fault in Our Stars” and other books of the same type, is that it attaches life-or-death stakes to a basic modern identity crisis. ‘If I Stay’ Weighs Teenager’s Prospects After Horrific Crash 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Self-portraits can be practical: some artists lack the funds to pay for a professional model, or they’re sketching out a new technique and want to keep the stakes low. 'Portrait of the Artist' collects portraits and selfies from the Royal Collection 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z

Despite Virginia’s assurances that she handled it, Bill underlines the stakes for him: “I am a married man. Do you understand what this would mean if it were to get out?” 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Doing Your Own Dirty Work 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

"Better Call Saul" also lacks the life-and-death stakes of its predecessor, or the all-consuming question of whether White could still be redeemed despite all his horrible deeds. 'Better Call Saul' creators breaking a sweat about their 'Bad' fans 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

But the stakes for this “24” seem weightier than for most previous versions, because two things are more evident now than they were the last time we saw Jack Bauer. Review: In ‘24: Legacy,’ Jack Bauer’s Gone. The Demons Are the Same. 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Then she raised the stakes -- at least perhaps in Winfrey's mind, judging by the host's surprised reaction. Raven-Symone to Oprah: 'I'm an American. That's what I really mean.' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

But the stakes have been raised a little now, too. Eddie Redmayne: ‘I loved Harry Potter, so I don’t want to screw up’ 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

He also owns stakes of Liberty Interactive, Liberty Media and others. Billionaire John Malone buys big stake in Lionsgate; Starz may benefit 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

The stakes are higher, the people are angry, and Washington is sordid. Norman Lear put his foot down — and Trump’s White House flinched 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z

The problem is that that doesn’t work for serious issues where there are real stakes. Victory for the douchebags: Not taking sides is the easiest way to help the worst guys win 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

The stakes, she argues, are high: “In a time that demands action, distraction appears to be a life-and-death matter.” Jenny Odell wants you to stop having a hot take 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

Pills and thrills … actors hand out Skittles at the start of the play Even so, the stakes were hardly the same. Manchester Sound: the Massacre – a new play talks raves and revolutions 2013-06-07T13:42:29Z

For the altar, she placed a white drape over piping, which was propped up by stakes in the ground. How to Transform Your Place for an Intimate Wedding 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z

The third season would seem to escalate the stakes for the Staten Island vampires by giving them power and responsibility, except for the fact that the world of vampire governance is virtually toothless. "What We Do in the Shadows" revels in the fecklessness of vampires who fail upward 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

Jealous tantrums and high moral stakes spurred her to summon fire and grit. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes flex in the wind, and this movement encourages a stouter trunk. Preparing trees to go from green pastures to the concrete jungle 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

That in itself is startling, as are so many of the details — a detective washing recently excreted balloons stuffed with drugs — that insistently underscore the human stakes in this war. Movie Review: ‘Drug War,’ Moving Fast and Furious in China 2013-07-25T23:17:51Z

I’m sure I’m going to end up inviting her but I’m also in a place where the stakes are just a little bit higher. ‘I Deserve to Be Here’: Riding His First Professional Gig to Broadway 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

Mamet plays Diana’s dilemma with the right mix of pathos and discomfort, while the writer and director Sophie Brooks crafts emotional stakes high enough to prevent the story from veering into sitcom territory. ‘Skate Kitchen,’ ‘Night Moves’ and More Streaming Gems 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the stakes for the characters have never seemed higher. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z

But a few months later Hamilton raised the stakes once more with a proposal to create a national bank. James Madison’s Zigzag Path 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z

If you think of a black family trying to achieve the American dream suddenly the stakes become higher still because of black history in the US. All My Sons tour marks Miller centenary 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The political stakes are as high as they ever were. Radiant and Radical: 20 Years of Defining the Soul of Black Art 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

But they also rewind the clock to the slowest version of simmering palace intrigue, requiring us to acclimate to new stakes. "House of the Dragon" is a slow ride back to Westeros that takes its time in lighting our fire 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

For years, Bloom organised high stakes poker games for Hollywood's elite at which hundreds of millions of dollars would change hands. Aaron Sorkin to adapt poker memoir 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Always: the poem behind the poem, the stakes in the smallest things. A Monumental and Rapturous New Anthology of Black American Poetry 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

What Wiles does, brilliantly, is to plunge readers into that tense, heady era marked by Dr Pepper, Converse sneakers, Willie Mays and very high stakes. Review: ‘Revolution,’ by Deborah Wiles, reveals personal side of Freedom Summer

Those high stakes are on display in “Falling,” which alternates between a cockpit under attack and the captivity of the pilot’s family on the ground. A Flight Attendant Drafted Her Novel on Cocktail Napkins. It Took Off. 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

She was pregnant for the third time and working as a housekeeper; the stakes were personally huge, and time sensitive. AKA Jane Roe: behind the headline-making abortion documentary 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a holy courtroom drama and a brazenly irreverent farce, set in Purgatory and animated by slangy, gritty, foul-mouthed characters who somehow insist on keeping the stakes very real. Forum Theatre’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’

The stakes are clear: Outside of music and touring, Gonzales said, “this is probably our biggest project to date.” How Drake’s $100 Million Bet Saved the Long-Lost Art Carnival Luna Luna 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

But the personal stakes for both authors are clear, and urgent. The Myth of the Silent, Sulky, Horny Teenage Boy 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

So while the stakes may be lower than say, radioactive waste, the question remains: what do we do with this s**t? Curb your enthusiasm: Plastic bag ban poses poop problem 2014-03-06T13:45:00Z

This background clarifies the ultimate stakes of discovering or inventing a viable post-ironic ethos. We had to get beyond irony: How David Foster Wallace, Dave Eggers and a new generation of believers changed fiction 2016-03-27T04:00:00Z

The tone and style are reminiscent of a reality dating show, but the surprising turns and high stakes of their story builds genuine suspense — and no shortage of “what would you do” empathy. ‘Flux Gourmet,’ ‘The Meddler’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

Amanda Taylor: The stakes are really incredibly high for them in terms of launching their professional careers. Nigel Lythgoe and DanceOn to launch online dance shows 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Ten years later, Sulzberger, who turns 38 next week, is grappling with another adversary, this time at a much higher level and with much higher stakes. ‘He doesn’t like bullies’: The story of the 37-year-old who took over the New York Times and is taking on Trump 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the stakes are now quite larger than a book series outperforming the skill of its writer. I think Dan Brown turned my parents into QAnoners 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

With less-horrific stakes and less violent criminals, it focuses less on the brutality of prison than its sociology. Killings, Convicts, and Campers: Three New Shows to Watch for 2013-07-08T09:45:27Z

Did Sleeper beat Love and Death in the Windsor stakes? Windsor is just Woody Allen's type 2011-04-05T19:00:00Z

With the stakes and the temperature raised, both his opponents and his supporters crave ammunition. 'How to stop an out-of-control president': the Trump films that may swing the midterms 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

As I noted in The Post last July, she brilliantly re-creates that “tense, heady era marked by Dr Pepper, Converse sneakers, Willie Mays and very high stakes.” Finalists for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature

Instead, I was driven by a genuine need for a time and place that illustrated the stakes around abortion debates. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

His crusade against the tyranny of the 9-5 would refine its social component to shed the hangups about manliness, and the economic stakes would rise considerably over the following decades. Office Space at 20: how the comedy spoke to an anxious workplace 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

This time, however, he said the stakes were far graver. A Polarizing French Philosopher Chooses War Zones Over Salons 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z

That’s how we kept the stakes high, by just knowing that we might fail. Portlandia's Carrie Brownstein: The Word 'Hipster' Doesn't Mean Anything Anymore 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

While the event is obviously important for politicians getting their first wide exposure as potential presidents, the stakes are high for NBC News, too. Stakes high for NBC News ahead of 2-night Democratic debate 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

The casual treatment of pivotal clues and information ends up undercutting the stakes of the entire novel. Does 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' hurt the legacy of Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

Because the thought that your puppy — your guide-dog-in-training — is a matter of life and death for someone else really raises the stakes. The Daily Spike: Service puppies take the spotlight in 'Pick of the Litter' 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Eyre’s production convincingly stakes a claim not only for Ms. Cattrall as a skillfully pliable actress but also for the bubbly pleasures forever on tap in “Private Lives.” Theater Review: Kim Cattrall Stars in ?Private Lives? - Review 2011-11-18T03:02:49Z

I admit I was aware of the stakes. Modern Love: He Had Her Attention, and Then He Lost It 2010-04-16T20:55:00Z

Or the wisdom to save that power for when the stakes leave you no other choice? Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Do you let a 13-year-old dye her hair platinum blond? 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

The financial and cultural stakes of the exercise are enormous. As Classic Novels Get Revised for Today’s Readers, a Debate About Where to Draw the Line 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

Those stakes already caused some controversy due to a Twitter user digging up photos of rap stars enjoying his cakes, implying that Sandro was a ringer masquerading as a home baker. This season of "The Great British Bake-Off" adds an attention-grabbing ingredient in the mix 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z

That would be a happy outcome, but there are higher stakes here. The Unrepeatable Architectural Moment of Yugoslavia’s “Concrete Utopia” 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z

But then, for Ms. Ellner, a fashion blogger, the stakes were just as high. New York Fashion Week Street Style Is Often a Billboard for Brands 2012-09-12T22:32:16Z

Instead it employs the familiar storytelling strategy of the charismatic personality whose struggles are meant to be representative of the greater political stakes. Review: In ‘Hooligan Sparrow,’ a Chinese Activist’s Hair-Raising Defiance of the State 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

“The stakes are tougher for everyone,” said Kent Alterman, president of Comedy Central. The Conventions Are a Stage for Candidates, and for Late-Night Comedians 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

These potted clematis still benefit from some support, if only three bamboo stakes fashioned into a teepee. The quiet reinvention of the clematis 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

If you get five out of 10 gigs right, you've broken even, but it's harder now because the agents have stakes in ticket companies and venues. Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z

"Once Upon a Time" is back, and it wastes no time telling viewers the stakes in the "Darkness on the Edge of Town" episode. 'Once Upon a Time': Cruella De Vil, Ursula the Sea Witch enter the fray 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

The small-screen “Tel Aviv on Fire” plays for larger stakes with proportionately greater ridiculousness. ‘Tel Aviv on Fire’ Review: Mideast Conflict as Soap Opera and Farce 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

It can be far more effective to set smaller stakes and then emotionally commit to them. Homeland Watch: Into the Woods 2012-12-17T14:15:50Z

The stakes are different for you now this year as the character and as an actor. "Doctor Who" star Jodie Whittaker on the Time Lord's new (old) enemies and advice for her successor 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

Two shows in New York offer profoundly different views of art from Indigenous Australia, and establish the stakes for exhibiting work made very far from our white cubes. Can We Start Appreciating Indigenous Art on Its Own Terms? 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

Johnson wears a red clown nose in a painted selfie, part of a series of pictures of heads on stakes, each mounted atop an actual wooden post. Review | In the galleries: From artist Timothy Johnson, a heady exhibition 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

When screaming in a coffin, the sound of rain and dirt pitter-patting above, how do you raise the stakes? ‘V/H/S/99’ Review: Death on the Way to DVD 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Surely, the more transparently we acknowledge the stakes, the more likely we are to arrive at a payoff. She Found Carson McCullers’s Love Letters. They Taught Her Something About Herself. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

A raging pandemic as well as a president whose politics terrified many voters raised the stakes of the state’s election in ways that would otherwise have been impossible. What Is Georgia’s Political Future? 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Emma has a consistent character with a history, a sense of place, and some personal stakes; Holly is just visiting and taking up screen time. Gwyneth Paltrow ruins the "Glee" comeback 2011-03-09T15:34:00Z

I thought we could broaden the perspective of the movie and up the stakes and still page homage to what people love about the original. Josh Peck on the Red Dawn Remake, the Appeal of Escapism—and Being a Joke Guy in an Action Movie 2012-11-20T16:45:58Z

The stakes for each character could not be higher. Review: In ‘Measure for Measure,’ Desperately Seeking Solutions in a Problem Play 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Some of the most memorable instances of prominent actors taking up supervillain roles have come in sequels, when the narrative groundwork has been laid and it's time to raise the stakes. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron': James Spader and the supervillain upgrade 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z

In Ms. WuDunn and Mrs. Clinton’s view the stakes couldn’t be higher. Television Review: ‘Half the Sky,’ About Sex Trafficking, on PBS 2012-09-30T21:56:14Z

The “crystalline pieces” of this book, Sehgal says, offer “a sense, never belabored, of the stakes of creating essays and the consolations of loving them.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

She took time off, returned to the game at lower stakes and won all the money back in only a few months. Annie Duke On Las Vegas 2010-03-01T23:00:00Z

In “Writing About Architecture,” Lange recognizes the stakes inherent in the act of describing place. Opinionator: Why Don?t We Read About Architecture? 2012-03-03T01:30:43Z

Beyond that, there were no stakes in these poems. Review: ‘Sung With Words,’ a Collaboration by a Pianist and a Poet 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

It’s no surprise that the Chinese government is involved in Fuyao’s venture, which underlines the larger, complex geopolitical stakes. Sundance Documentaries Expose Truths, Both Glorious and Bitter 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Don’t leave stakes lying around the garden; ground moisture will cause them to rot and they may attract termites. Hakurei, a sweeter turnip

As adapted from the 1891 Frank Wedekind play, the strait-laced period setting raised the stakes on the anguish of transgression, featuring sex, suicide and the emo touch of characters whipping out anachronistic microphones. ‘Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known’ Review: Rock ’n’ Roll High School 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

This brings us to the third season of "Westworld," aka the big boss level where the stakes are supposed to be higher. "Westworld" rides towards its manifest destiny, this time in a straighter line 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z

The old forms just feel really rickety right now, and not able to contain the stakes. Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Animal sounds decidedly not made by animals ricochet through the trees as she falls into a pit, rigged with stakes. The swarming secrets of “Yellowjackets” 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z

And though The Affair is far from the first show to trace a secret liaison, the stakes have never felt so high: it really may be the end of the world. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Now, however, the stakes are so much higher. How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z

The stakes for gambling on young contemporary art have never been higher. Speculators Win Big With Bets on Young Artists 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

If you find a way to get the support you need elsewhere, you might find that you’re able to talk to your mom again — simply because the stakes won’t feel so high. Carolyn Hax: Taking care of Mom left no time to grieve for Dad, until now 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

They play these games not on a screen but with their own bodies, and the stakes are frequently perilous. In Films Like ‘Nerve,’ Players Become Pawns 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

Yet because of this, the stakes are incredibly high. This Week in Fiction: Colin Barrett on Anhedonia and Writing Poetry 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z

But at the time it just feels like the stakes are so high and everything has life or death circumstances. Nasim Pedrad finds her inner boy as "Chad": "It’s such a universal notion to just want to belong" 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

"There is great respect and admiration and excitement around Hillary and also a very clear understanding of what the stakes are." Hollywood likely to line up behind Hillary Clinton in presidential race 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

It’s all traditional stuff for fantasy fans, but what sets “Stormlight” apart is how Mr. Sanderson raises genre stakes through detailed world building. Brandon Sanderson Tops Best Sellers With ‘Words of Radiance’ 2014-04-16T21:20:10Z

That, in turn, is what raises the stakes and suspense in the subsequent action footage, which shows Spider-Man trying to restore his former glory and return to the status quo the trailer established so quickly. ‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Spider-Man’ and How Trailers Push the Familiar 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

For Ms. Perry, the stakes couldn’t be higher: She believes she is now revealing her true self. Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

She inundates her home again in the more engaging and provocative “Léontine Keeps House,” in which the stakes are higher because she’s been left home alone to care for her much-younger sibling and a dog. Rewriting Women Back Into Film History 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

Music, design, dancing and mime — all served by elegant, unobtrusive camerawork — cohere into a story with high emotional stakes and bright touches of humor. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

Each panel is edged with French drains, as well as a grid of drainage lines laid 15 feet apart and four feet deep, out of the range of tent stakes. Once barely surviving, the grass on the Mall gets a serious makeover 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z

But the decisions on who should be their new faces carry high stakes: If viewers don’t like the choice, they will simply change the channel. How Can ‘Jeopardy!’ Replace Alex Trebek? See Game-Show History 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

The stakes are high for ABC, which has already invested more than a year of preproduction in the show. On ABC?s ?Chew,? the Talk Show Meets Cooking 2011-09-21T04:15:03Z

It has all the makings of the sort of grade-A drama most of this falls new scripted series lack: crucial stakes, a villainous agenda and the possibility for unlikely heroes to emerge from the quagmire. Brett Kavanaugh gives “The Circus” what it desperately needs: cliffhangers and unpredictable... 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

If they like the products or services on display, the "sharks" bid against each other for stakes in the budding companies. Sony hack: Mark Cuban threatened to leave 'Shark Tank' in salary tiff 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

As the stakes rise, however, the play, presented by the Untitled Theater Company No. 61, becomes frustratingly polemical. | 'Pangs of the Messiah': ?Pangs of the Messiah? at 14th Street Y - Review 2011-11-09T22:38:44Z

ES: The stakes are too high to expect much rational deliberation of the evidence, I’m afraid. Former Christian fundamentalist: Science robbed me of my faith 2013-09-09T00:00:00Z

This setup suggests a reality TV show with deadly stakes. Review | An online warehouse gone rogue. Driverless cars, hijacked: Fiction that feels eerily possible. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Espionage adds drama and raises the stakes, but the thing people are going to care about is this couple and whether or not they make it. Spy vs. Spy: A Q&A with The Americans Creator Joe Weisberg 2013-03-12T15:02:25Z

And so it is in “Peninsula,” where the stakes are predictably high, the violence unsurprisingly gory and the zombies twitchy, agile and fast. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

It has visited Miami and Los Angeles, but the showcase on the Potomac raises the stakes. Perspective | The world still comes to Washington’s stage 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z

The stakes were laid out in her first meeting with director J.J. Newcomers Russell and Ackie know the weight of ‘Star Wars’ 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

“The stakes are much higher with a character like that, because so many people’s lives were ruined by him,” he said. Dominic West in ?Appropriate Adult? on Sundance Channel 2011-12-04T03:49:03Z

Doubtless if Gilbert delivered more of Ophelia’s words herself, live, she would convey a sense of change, loss, suffering and distinctive personality, and she would contrive to emphasize the story’s emotional stakes. ‘Enter Ophelia, Distracted’ dance production offers feminist take on Shakespeare character

The fourth and final season, out now on DVD, sees our four-eyed heroine stymied in the love stakes but promoted at work. Your next box set: Ugly Betty 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

It’s getting that across to get them to understand the stakes of the play for everyone involved is incredibly difficult. Why “Angels in America” endures: “Without gay people, you can’t tell the story of America” 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Use bamboo stakes tied with raffia to keep them from toppling. The Sweetest Lily 2010-05-19T18:12:00Z

The stakes are high for both companies, but particularly for Dish. CBS warns of potential blackout on Dish Network 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

The stakes are especially high as the accelerated, 26-day version of this longstanding reality show is wrapping up its season this week. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Succession’ Finale and Starry Rom-Coms 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a unique vantage point of all the players, all the stakes. ArtsBeat: 'Skyfall': Word Association With James Bond 2012-05-21T13:31:17Z

What: Maine’s longest byway stakes out the Downeast, the area named after the directions sailing ships followed from Boston and New York. Just in time for summer: 49 new National Scenic Byways and All-American Roads 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

It was a long evening, but the stakes could hardly be higher: This, the performance seemed to say to an auditorium full of donors, is why we matter. Review: Can a Five-Hour Performance Capture 50 Years of Opera? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z

It’s the ability of Google search to index abuse or what she calls “ambivalent play” that changes the ethical stakes. A normalization of violence: how cyberbullying began and how to fight it 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z

“The higher the stakes and more imminent the carnage,” he notes, “the more inexpert the commentary became.” Review | A.D. Miller’s ‘Independence Square’ imagines how one diplomat tried to secretly manage Ukraine’s revolution 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

The stakes have never been higher for the children of the rich and well-connected, but Williams and Mars show us how to respond best. How to survive the "nepo baby" label, win friends and influence people 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

“You learn over the years how to handle yourself when you’re taken out of your box and put into a situation that has different stakes and different jeopardy,” Seinfeld said. Behind the wheel of the Obama episode of Seinfeld’s ‘Comedians in Cars’ 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

The stakes are extremely high for immigrants — especially at the borders and during traffic stops. Communication in America: How undocumented immigrants negotiate a place for themselves 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

Most of what we know about Ariel casts her as a relatively conventional figure, but Pavone ratchets up his story to create impossibly high stakes. Her Husband Is Kidnapped. Then Things Start to Go Downhill. 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z

Amazon raised the stakes this week by announcing it would start producing feature films. Netflix stock soars a day after posting better-than-expected earnings 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

It was high stakes because we got only one shot for a lot of those scenes; once you make a mess you can’t go back to clean. The poster girl for period sex: “I think it’s unfortunate that women often think their vagina’s kind of disgusting” 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

The budget is bigger and the explosions louder but nothing can dispel the air of contractual preening as the has-beens jockey for pole position in the unfunny one-liners stakes. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-12-09T00:05:40Z

I like playing high stakes, playing to the mezzanine, making a thousand choices. "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z

Having led their previous bands, taking a supporting role was a bit of an adjustment at first — not to mention Phil sliding from guitar to bass — but it was fun and the stakes were low. Backing Brandi: How the Hanseroth twins and Brandi Carlile became a Grammy-storming ‘misfit’ family 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

In place of emotional stakes, we get gleaming, stylized, occasionally slow-motion violence, filmed in such extreme close-ups and cramped spaces that it’s impossible to differentiate gunman and victim. Movie Review: ?The Assault? Revisits a 1994 Crime 2012-04-06T00:22:14Z

The presidential election, she said, only raises the stakes. Anna Deavere Smith takes on 'school-to-prison pipeline' in new show 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z

They raised the stakes, though, moving from shenanigans in Chicago to higher stakes in Washington, D.C., and they replaced the characters’ brains with alien ants. Tony Shalhoub gets into the “BrainDead” politician’s mind: “Everyone is digging in their heels” 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

She could be describing any of us, though for most of us the stakes are not so high. The miracle cure that wasn't: 'White Matter' on the personal tragedy of lobotomy 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

And I think without revealing too much, I think for Lisa that is going to come very quickly, very unexpectedly and with high f**king stakes. Nicole Maines talks "Yellowjackets" 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z

But where it stakes its own turf is in your nervous system. ‘Hamilton’ choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler delivers a revolution that rocks  2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

"Undermajordomo Minor," though, doesn't offer such easy satisfactions; DeWitt raises the stakes only to reduce them, only to leave the tension unfulfilled. Patrick deWitt's 'Undermajordomo Minor' winks at fairy tale conventions 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

Whatever happens in an episode, however high the stakes, you are always by the next episode, or certainly by the next series, back to square one. Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times? 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z

He was also adjusting to the increased workload, responsibilities and stakes of an HBO series. Brooklyn’s Favorite Pot Dealer Returns 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

The extortion plot is too nebulous in the early going to create involving stakes, though it does send Lewis and Ricci on a delightful frenemy road trip. Review: In ‘Yellowjackets,’ It’s Reunion Time for the Crash of ’96 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

I want people to worry about it, and I want there to be stakes. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Reflects on the Season So Far 2012-06-10T19:42:36Z

When Dr. David Heimbach walked into the California Senate committee hearing last year, the stakes had never been higher for flame retardant manufacturers. Fear fans flames for chemical makers 2012-05-06T05:00:00Z

But Biasin’s script plods as it relies on repetitive band rehearsals and inert conversations to pad a story that only mildly explores young gay desire — like “Heartstopper” but with less charm and fewer stakes. ‘Sublime’ Review: Two Boys, One in Love 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z

The uncomplicated moral universe allows us to read it as a thriller with real-life stakes. ‘American Dirt’ Plunges Readers Into the Border Crisis 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z

At the time, the decision was met with some opprobrium, even though the stakes were lower. Ivanka Trump Blurs the Line Between Professional and Political 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

Outside the world of crime, the stakes are just as high — or even higher, in the case of “The Bomb,” Fred Kaplan’s engaging new history of nuclear strategy and warfare. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

The episode ends with the characters gathered around the kitchen table, belting out Adele’s “Someone Like You” in tribute—a surprisingly moving conclusion for an episode with such seemingly low stakes. Josh Thomas of 'Please Like Me' Breaks Down The Bold New Season 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

No one enjoys a perceived drop in status, no matter how small the stakes. 7 Hours of Travel, 2 Hours on the Ground: Worth It for the Rewards Points 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a bummer that her success elicits such unthinking responses, though it’s also predictable because the stakes for women are high and the access to real filmmaking power remains largely out of their reach. Kathryn Bigelow: How Oscar Found Ms. Right 2010-03-10T19:14:00Z

New Directors/New Films, a cinematic rite of spring in Manhattan, stakes its claim and its name on a forthright promise of novelty. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z

Worse yet, the stakes are always low for these high-income characters. Review: ‘Chronically Metropolitan,’ and Hopelessly Self-Indulgent 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

The stakes in Interstellar couldn’t be higher and there is no shortage of gloom. From Memento to Interstellar: our writers pick their favourite Christopher Nolan films 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

Wilmont hews closer to relationships than daily routines, and takes in the sky-high stakes of friendships, crushes and acting tough. ‘A House Made of Splinters’ Review: Home Is Where the Hope Is 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z

“Even though the stakes are really high for these girls, the stakes in the grand scheme of things are super low,” she says. Anna Kendrick on 'Pitch Perfect 3': 'I'm Not One to Count My Chickens' 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the attack underway in “Snowfall” is so brutal and efficient that the only way to make it hit viewers where it hurts is to make the stakes personal. John Singleton’s slow-burning “Snowfall”: Crack’s origin story hits FX 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

The drama opens with a literal bang that sets into motion a cycle of revenge, high stakes and often heartbreaking decisions that cause four characters’ lives to intersect in unexpected ways. Master of None's Lena Waithe: 'If you come from a poor background, TV becomes what you dream about' 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

For parents, though: “We know the stakes, but we’re in stasis. We’re just waiting for it to be okay, or for it to get worse.” Fear, joy, grief, gratitude: The whiplash of parenting during existential chaos 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

Instead, she’s turned to the high drama and deadly stakes of “Homeland.” Here’s What 11 TV Writers Are Bingeing 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

He brings tension to music, a sense of pacing and phrasing and stakes. Music Review: A Castle?s Locked Doors Bring Out a Wife?s High C 2011-03-20T21:12:53Z

The fire establishes the life-or-death stakes from the beginning of the 10-episode series. How a disastrous attempt to pee inspired Netflix's mission to Mars drama "Away" 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

“I wanted the stakes of the story to challenge him in a way that shook him to his core. He has to change.” ‘The Batman’ and Matt Reeves: Emerging From the Shadow of Other Caped Crusaders 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

I would ask that we all remember the weightiness of these issues, the stakes involved for Israel, for America, and for the world. Obama warns of 'loose talk' of war on Iran 2012-03-04T18:50:08Z

School's Out was a definitive entrant in the teenage rampage stakes and scored hard with the kids, hitting No 1 for three weeks in the summer holidays. The 20 best glam-rock songs of all time 2013-02-01T07:00:00Z

In “Hell or High Water,” directed by David Mackenzie, the stakes are altogether different. The Exemplary Badness of “War Dogs” and “Hell or High Water” 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

Now, Season 4 presents the most strenuous challenge of their afterlives, where the stakes are the universe's final referendum on the salvageability of humankind. Once more into "The Good Place": William Jackson Harper on Chidi and the final season 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

It helped raise the stakes and address why Ava would be so blinded by her need to make money. ‘Based on a True Story’: The Vogue of Killer Content 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

The stakes rise when the assassin threatens harm to Murphy’s girlfriend unless he reveals where Slava is hiding. Review | ‘What You Break’ review: This Long Island is far, far from the Hamptons 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Rotten People Skills: Actually, the stakes in social situations are much lower than with good friends and at work. Carolyn Hax: Is there a cure for nervousness around new people? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

What are the stakes, really, of recording a Ringo Starr album? Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z

Of course, choosing a different decade for more contentious setting to heighten the stakes for my novel made sense when I was writing it. Why I set my Young Adult novel about abortion in the 1990s 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z

The extraordinarily tactile “A Man Escaped,” which chronicles the getaway efforts of a French prisoner of war in 1943, makes life-or-death stakes of every sight and sound. Want to Try a Robert Bresson Film? Look to Clint Eastwood 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

Like Nolan’s breakthrough movie, "Memento," "Inception" is an elaborate, deliberately disorienting maze of interlocking time frames, only here the stakes are raised. Everything you wanted to know about "Inception" 2010-07-19T13:01:00Z

“I’m exploring, pushing the form of poetry, pushing it to have more stakes and more openness to the complexity of contemporary experience.” What you need to know about Peter Balakian, the new Pulitzer Prize-winning poet 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

The battle is entertaining precisely because the stakes are relatively low. Review: In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Super-Bro Against Super-Bro 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes couldn’t possibly be higher than when Carl found himself with a zombie’s teeth inches from tearing into his calf muscle, nearly costing him his life. The Walking Dead Watch: Who’s Hungry? 2014-02-11T23:58:03Z

This film is a sufficient showcase for Hui’s craftsmanship, but it lacks the emotional depth or resonance that its composed visuals, lofty setting, and melodramatic stakes would portend. ‘Love After Love’ Review: Elegance Without a Center 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

They’re writing as if, in the words of Vanessa Bayer’s moderator in “Yet Another GOP Debate” sketch from October, “No one is watching, so the stakes are low.” As ?SNL? season ends, signs of a coming shift 2012-05-16T04:30:00Z

In terms of stakes, a gender-reveal party is as though you threw a soiree to reveal which Internet provider you had selected. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: I’ve got a few gender-reveal ideas for parents 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Throughout, the comedy is all the fiercer because the emotional stakes for the characters are so real and raw. A zesty iteration of ‘Bad Jews’ at Studio Theatre 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z

One reason the stakes are so high is that Los Angeles has historically been home to few great examples of public architecture. Lacma’s $650 Million Building by Peter Zumthor Is Approved 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

Co-star Michael Caine sets up the stakes: "We need the bravest humans to find us a new home," he says in one ad. 'Interstellar' shoots for the stars, and broad appeal, in new TV spots 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

The twists in the story are meant to raise the emotional stakes, but they have the opposite effect, undermining the credibility of the premise. ‘Language Lessons’ Review: Who’s Zooming Who? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

And though the first act ends with the implosion of this spectacle — the team performs a different routine instead — the stakes feel dangerously low until it’s almost too late to revive them. Review: ‘Trevor’ Is a Musical That Dare Not Speak Its Theme 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

It felt like child's play, even though it was all high stakes and you had to take the work seriously because when you do stunts, people's lives and livelihood is on the line. "He's very much a peacock": Raúl Castillo on his "Army of the Dead" role and not feeling tokenized 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z

That is the landscape the exhibition stakes out for itself: a tragicomic terrain where it’s impossible to find one coherent image, much less the plethora served up by conventional search engines. 'Image Search' keys in on a chaotic landscape of imagery 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

The stakes are so high for these productions that some major Off Broadway companies schedule more previews than the so-called regular performances that follow opening night. Preview Audiences Help Shape Off Broadway Productions 2012-06-03T19:55:35Z

Such are the compromises made when the budgets and the business stakes are raised. Album review: The Shins, 'Port of Morrow' 2012-03-19T22:16:00Z

Just how high the stakes are — the time, the money, the artistic reputations on the line — is suggested by the general paucity of such commissions. Dance Review: Alice on Her Toes, at a Rare Tea Party 2011-03-01T22:56:51Z

On “Changes,” he finally stakes his claim, honing a vocal approach that’s soothing, tender although maybe slightly tentative, a middle ground between comfort and reluctance. Can Justin Bieber Hide in Plain Sight? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

A tumultuous age of revolution and counterrevolution had raised the political stakes. Delacroix's 'Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi' as a rallying cry 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z

The whole thing is a sillier and more demented version of high school social politics, but the stakes are very, very real. There's a reason why stars call out Hollywood in Oscars speeches — and why others stay silent 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

The stakes were higher for Twin Peaks, which had been off the air since 1991, following a notoriously shambolic second season ruined by network interference. Can the onslaught of TV reboots and revivals survive in 2017? 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

A big wave scores higher in the judging stakes. Experience: my dog is a champion surfer 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Eating lunch in the parks has always necessitated a divide-and-conquer approach: Mom hunts for a table like a lion in the Serengeti while Dad stakes out the shortest food line. Inside Disney’s New Fantasyland 2012-12-21T16:55:27Z

In a family, the stakes are only life and death. ‘This Is Us’ Ends a Tear-Jerking Season With a Beginning 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Carmine Gaeta and Luke Davies' screenplay is constructed from plot mechanics, and the emotional stakes grow less convincing with every twist of the screw. 'Reclaim' tosses away all credibility 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

But in front of that off-Broadway play is a messy, semi-relevant Hollywood movie with famous actresses playing famous anchorwomen in a morality tale whose stakes are not altogether clear. “Bombshell” is a muddled, soapy mess that doesn’t do Fox News nor #MeToo any favors 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Last suppers are a common before expansive battles with enormous stakes. On its final run, "The Expanse" serves a last supper for we who continue to for our humanity 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Harrower stakes out a middle ground between dispassionate observation and aching empathy. Review: ‘Blackbird’: The Past Returns, Taunting 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

It’s reassuring to watch a movie where the stakes are apocalyptic at all times. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

The recent election means the stakes are even higher. Rich and giving: Does being wealthy make you more charitable? 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

But their games imply high stakes and sometimes frightening consequences. Dance Review: Playing Like Children, but Much Is at Stake 2011-06-10T23:56:26Z

A small budget typically means less stability and limited support staff, and the high stakes of diversity and inclusion conversations can take a psychological toll, especially when compounded by pandemic stressors. Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

Instead of expounding a tedious origin story or staging an epic battle for apocalyptic stakes, “The Wolverine” focuses on a specific and self-contained adventure in a richly imagined place. Movie Review: In ‘The Wolverine,’ Hugh Jackman Broods Again 2013-07-25T21:12:49Z

But once Morris decks his house with over 200,000 Christmas lights and orders a camel — yes, a live camel — to his front yard despite warnings not to do so, the stakes quickly escalate. ‘’Twas the Fight Before Christmas’ Review: A Not-So-Silent Night 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

The stakes are equally high for Ben, a fallen angel in the Lucifer mold. Prove humans are worth salvation? In 'Liana and Ben,' that's not so easy 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

Because of that proliferation of television, not only are the stakes higher than ever to get attention, but so is the competition. Sex and the TV: how television evolved from pregnancy scandals to 'pegging' 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

“The stakes need to be much, much higher,” she continued. Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z

"If Donald Trump had not become president, I would tell you all the stories. But the stakes are now high, and I am an unreliable narrator," he said. Penn Jillette on Trump during “Celebrity Apprentice”: “He would say racially insensitive th... 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

The stakes of nationhood were not on the line. My Civil War: Re-enacting in the days of 9/11  2017-05-28T04:00:00Z

“The Lobster,” by contrast, deploys grand mechanisms for trivial stakes. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

The stakes are unusually high in this case. Can Vanna Venturi House and other landmark homes survive the test of new owners? 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

But now? with stakes higher than any single film can bear? What’s bigger than an event film? ‘Tenet’ might just be 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

As the theme park’s various safeguards and reanimation devices fell away, in a plot put into motion in the first season by the godlike Dr. Ford, the stakes finally promised to be real. “Westworld” Season 2 and the Cautionary Lessons of “The Matrix” 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

But because it was new, and because it cost so much, and because it was Chanel, with all the mythology built into the name, the stakes and expectations may have been higher. Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

But here, every crisis feels earned with its own potent stakes; they all seem to build toward a promising and fiery conflict between two sympathetic characters. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 7: Whac-a-Mole 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Also, the geopolitical stakes couldn’t have been higher. Re-creating the Battle of Waterloo, with 250,000 six-millimeter-tall toy soldiers

The American culture war continues apace, with increasingly high stakes, between the right and left. The True and False Virtues of the Left 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z

The stakes don’t get much higher when it comes to fulfilling their core mission: informing citizens of what they really need to know. Perspective | Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

She says her anxiety got really bad at Juilliard because she suddenly realized how high the stakes were. LISTEN: How to beat perfectionism 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

Whether they’re economic, artistic or existential, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Amid calls for gender equity in Hollywood, the stakes are high. 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

But either way, stating it outright is meant to demarcate the new Taylor from the old, and stakes a claim not to be scrutinized. Taylor Swift, a Pop Star Done With Pop 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z

For Drake, a titan of the streaming era — who over the last week has been facing off against Kanye West — the stakes were high. Drake’s ‘Certified Lover Boy’ Opens With the Year’s Biggest Week 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

The pace and the stakes should pick up as the show goes along, though, and in the meantime it’s thoroughly watchable. Review: On USA’s ‘Dig,’ a Murder Investigation Takes an Apocalyptic Turn 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The feisty young actor upped the stakes after he married, in 1955, the A-list actor Geeta Bali, with whom he had a son, Aditya Raj, the following year. Shammi Kapoor obituary 2011-08-15T14:28:46Z

That’s a welcome relief with “Concrete Rose,” which shows the high stakes of Maverick’s early life. Angie Thomas’s ‘Concrete Rose’ Is a Love Song for Young Black Lives 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z

Yes, the stakes are high, said George Kotsiopoulos, a prominent Hollywood stylist and a host on the E! network show “Fashion Police.” Jewelry Designers Seek Oscar-Night Exposure 2014-02-26T23:33:43Z

There are no stakes, no substance, and no honesty—just artifice on artifice on artifice. Don’t apologize, Noah Galvin: Let’s applaud celebrities who dare to speak their mind, not tear them down 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

The people are invariably beautiful, the settings sometimes rarefied and the stakes occasionally extraordinary, but never at the expense of Mr. Assayas’s allegiance to real, deeply lived and felt life. Review: In ‘Clouds of Sils Maria,’ a Celebration Turns Into a Memorial 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

This year, though, the stakes are high and the divisions are wide. Clooneys to attend a VIP fundraiser for Clinton – and Sanders fans are outraged 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

If their relationship is a mirage that lacks the intimacy and the stakes of a real-life bond, will Peggy be Don's eventual undoing? "Mad Men" recap: Welcome home 2010-09-06T13:43:00Z

The low stakes are part of what makes “Normal Gossip” work — each yarn is as inconsequential as it is juicy, a pleasure as fleeting as cotton candy. 6 Podcasts to Make You Feel Good 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z

Like "Cabaret," the stakes are raised by setting the entertainment story against a backdrop of tense social and political change. Five music business tales told onstage, at the movies, or both 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

Unless, that is, it resets the premise and raises the stakes, turning a playful, barbed riff on identity politics and political economy into a nightmarish vision of impending human extinction. Review: ‘Sorry to Bother You,’ but Can I Interest You in a Wild Dystopian Satire? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

“Lola” is a better widget than “Proving Ground,” better paced, clearer in its stakes. Summer Thrillers: Daring Escapes and Other Acts of Derring-Do 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

It was a quixotic artisanal project, perhaps, but one with potentially high business stakes. The Annals of Flannel 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

And he and Ryan elevated the stakes, too, announcing that a full version of their collaboration would be released to streaming services later this week. How Big Can a TikTok Duet Get? 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

Welcome to the world of DVD sequels, where profits are high, stakes are low, and quality lower. Sequel opportunity 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Eric quickly loses his temper and stakes her, making her both a mess and a true dead end. [RECAP] True Blood Watch: 'May Be The Last Time' 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

There must be surprises, detours, a raising of stakes and a sense of going deeper into a worthy subject. John Oliver and Clickhole Take Fake News in Opposite Directions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

“I hope readers understand the stakes” of this history, he said, along with “Native Americans’ capacity to change, to fight.” A Finnish Scholar Wants to Change How We See American History 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

The orchestra needs to feed the intensity in this opera, and under James Gaffigan the stakes felt low. Putin Says Tchaikovsky Is Being Canceled. The Met Opera Disagrees. 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

The myth that we continue to embrace here is that a man has no stakes in supporting a woman, so his words are somehow more pure. Fawning over the male feminist: When Ryan Coogler says “women are better filmmakers,” people actually listen 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Costello put a strict limit on how much time he spent on the record, which naturally gave the whole thing a sense of stakes. Ryan Adams Goes Punk on '1984' 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

The stakes are suddenly higher; the crowds are tenser. Edward Steed’s “Inside Baseball” 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

“The work is too hard. The stakes are enormous.” Review | John Strand’s political comedy ‘Lincolnesque’ returns to Keegan Theatre 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

To define the path along the terrace railing and guide the way for guests, they installed landscape lights on stakes in the rectangular planters to shine downward. Outdoor entertaining: Six tips from Bob Williams and Stephen Heavner

For Harriet, the stakes of that crucible become clear when Ben starts doing predictably evil things to people’s pets. Doris Lessing’s “The Fifth Child” and the Spectre of the Ambivalent Mother 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high because intelligence scores matter: they are the strongest predictors of how well people do in life. Are humans getting smarter? 2013-06-03T20:25:00Z

Instead, the stakes, and the comedy, come from the already considerable pressures of suddenly getting ready to birth a small human and keep it alive. Review: Catastrophe Is Knocked Up, Grown Up 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

As the books progress the stakes become more dangerous and the two are taken into worlds beyond the chain-link fences and dried-out lawns of the neighborhood. Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

The stakes for the Met’s new “Fedora” are high. Met Opera Takes On ‘Fedora,’ Neglected Tale of Murder and Love 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

Most of her stories stay close to the surface, barely mining their comic potential or personal or political stakes. ‘Welcome to Clowntown’ Review: Raunchy Stories and Giant Balloon Animals 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

I think, in many ways, fiction writing has lower stakes. Callan Wink on Fiction in the Age of “Alternative Facts” 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

Despite the high stakes of the story and the frequent violence, the tone is placid and slightly monotonous, as if we were watching the Walton family at the end of the world. Television Review: It?s Might Versus Right Versus Space Monster 2011-06-16T22:15:15Z

Twitter feeds and YouTube have upped the stakes for Hollywood in its ability to surprise and shock us. 'Mad Max: Fury Road' an apocalyptic tale as old as man's existence 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

But it is in dramas, when the stakes are life-and-death, that the implications begin to feel electrifying, and we find the manipulated male in top form. Ben Affleck gets the manipulated man's every twist and turn right 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

Those are the stakes of a young person’s ambition. Brendan Fraser Wants to Be Worthy of His Comeback 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

But as soon as you get somewhat comfortable with the new focus, a plot twist rejiggers the stakes once again — and makes a viewer reconsider everything that preceded. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

But I understood the stakes of what that is for him. ‘Succession’: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s ‘Catastrophic’ Ending 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high, the revelations are serious and Callender doesn’t sugarcoat. When the Going Gets Tough, These Kids Find Their Way 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

The writer-director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, however, is a fast worker — the movie runs just shy of 90 minutes — and he rapidly sketches in the story and the grim stakes for both mother and daughter. ‘Lingui, the Sacred Bonds’ Review: Love, Ferocious and Limitless 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

Fresh immediately establishes a sense of place and stakes. Review: Fresh Off the Boat Has the Makings of an American Original 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

In such moments, “Incredibles 2” stakes an unintended claim to being the most terrifying movie of the season. Review: The Authoritarian Populism of “Incredibles 2” 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

The show stakes an ambivalent position when it comes to wealth and class. In ‘Succession,’ Tom and Greg Were Never Playing the Long Game 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

Take this opportunity, while she is still young and the stakes are still low, to hold her accountable for the consequences of her actions. Motherlode Blog: Talking to Children About Cheating: Dishonesty Is Worse Than a Bad Grade 2013-12-19T16:11:11Z

But for Franklin, a Black woman who rose to superstardom amid the Civil Rights conflagrations of the 1960s, the stakes were different. In ‘Genius: Aretha,’ Respecting the Mind, Not Just the Soul 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z

Game shows, however, have stakes and harvest tension from the factor that chance plays in each moment – the smartest player might not beat the devil, and the luckiest person can be undone by a whammy. How can "Saturday Night Live" parody a farcical administration? 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

Hopefully, the supermarkets are beginning to get the message that some cooks are quite happy with vegetables that have lost out in the fresh produce beauty contest stakes. 20 recipe ideas for leftover carrots 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

Given the stakes of the new job — an early challenge sees her navigating a conflict between the L.A.P.D. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — she probably isn’t going to have much time to enjoy the weather. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Briarpatch’ and ‘Tommy’ 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

Of course, this genre requires heroes and villains, high stakes and a satisfying ending with the good guys prevailing, usually by saving the world from some terrible threat. When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

But the storm was only the latest in a series of blows to the people and places that make up the jazz scene, in a city that stakes its identity on live music. A Pandemic, Then a Hurricane, Brings New Orleans Musicians ‘to Their Knees’ 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

So far The Mill is up there – down there – with The Village in the misery stakes; almost as if it's intentional, a Sunday night historical drama grim-off between Channel 4 and the BBC. The Mill; When Björk Met Attenborough – TV review 2013-07-29T06:00:10Z

Better to be kind than right — especially, as here, when the stakes are non-existent. Social Q?s: Her Painting Stinks? Hold That Thought. 2010-04-01T22:01:00Z

“The African Desperate” stakes out new terrain in the rarefied niche of movies featuring art schools. ‘The African Desperate’ Expands the Movies’ Narrow View of the Art World 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

But the stakes were high given Daft Punk’s visibility and the enormous popularity of “Get Lucky.” ArtsBeat: Daft Punk Cancels ‘Colbert Show’ Appearance Because of MTV Conflict 2013-08-07T20:51:31Z

Tubman’s actions reveal the existential stakes of Wright’s and Seward’s agitations. An Unlikely Alliance in Upstate N.Y. and the Fight for Black and Women’s Rights 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

Becoming overly invested in other people’s low stakes yet intricate interpersonal drama is a surefire way to forget your own troubles, and this delightful series exists for that sole purpose. 6 Podcasts to Help You Take an Actual Break This Summer 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

And the “no stakes, not relatable” part isn’t entirely unwarranted in this case. ‘King Lear’ in the Park, Starring John Lithgow 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

“If you weren’t captivated by the stakes of what was happening in Africa in 1994, then you weren’t paying attention,” she said. Africa Center Post Gives Michelle D. Gavin a Chance to Show Diplomatic Skills 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

“The Americans” is one of those rare shows that continually raises the stakes on its viewers’ investment in certain outcomes. The return of FX’s masterful ‘The Americans’ — a Cold War with perfect chill 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z

About artists he admired, like Lucian Freud, he cast the stakes in nothing less than heroic terms. Robert Hughes, Art Critic Whose Writing Was Elegant and Contentious, Dies at 74 2012-08-07T03:48:42Z

Faith in things unseen, with the stakes as high as they are — I couldn’t surrender to it. Are Bitcoins More Real Than Boyfriends? 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

Before it was feeding an ambitious goal, but this time around there’s greater stakes involved. Anna Chlumsky Explains How Veep's Amy Came to Her Breaking Point 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

But for all the camaraderie and wit, “Parks and Rec” it isn’t — in “Rutherford Falls,” both the show and the fictional northeastern town for which it is named, the stakes are more overtly political. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Like Mr. Damon and Ms. Blunt they can bring you into this world because Mr. Nolfi never takes his eye off the human stakes. | 'The Adjustment Bureau': Creepy People With a Plan, and a Couple on the Run 2011-03-03T20:00:07Z

I was paid $7,500 for my first YA novel, so the stakes were not high. Scott Westerfeld on writing his novel-within-a-YA-novel 'Afterworlds' 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

The stakes for “The Nutcracker” this year are especially high. ‘The Nutcracker’ Returns, With New Rules for Children 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

The stakes can't rise when the reality is always shifting and in doubt. Despite star Laura Linney, 'Switzerland' an unconvincing stab at noir 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

By offering these two repertory staples, Mr. Temirkanov raised the stakes here: a real Russian orchestra was going to show us all how this music should be played. Music Review: Finding the Soul of Russia Everywhere 2011-04-15T23:00:14Z

Foreign retailers in India are typically not allowed to hold majority stakes in their own local businesses. Creating Golden Opportunities Amid Austerity 2012-11-27T15:59:55Z

“The Nest” is an arch and inviting novel, and the stakes in its narrative of impending financial peril are mostly social. Novels of White Status Anxiety 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

You see that kind of support and camaraderie throughout “On Pointe,” among the young students and also among the teenagers, who are dealing with higher stakes than “The Nutcracker.” ‘On Pointe’: The Real-Life Adventures of Some Very Young Dancers 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z

But for Berry the show represents greater, more personal stakes. Halle Berry launches into a new era of control with CBS' 'Extant' 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z

It’s a slightly melodramatic twist, though it raises the stakes from teenage farce to something with a little more emotional resonance. Television Review: MTV’s ‘Faking It’ Stars Katie Stevens and Rita Volk 2014-04-21T21:55:24Z

He was very impressed by the scale of everything, but it raised the stakes a lot when he was there, especially because it was on the same night Jane showed up. Hawking in Hollywood: How "The Theory of Everything" Got Made 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

The stakes have obviously never been higher, so it will be interesting to see how she holds up to the pressure over these final two weeks. 'American Idol' contestant rankings: Patrick's Power Ratings finals week ten 2010-05-17T15:16:00Z

What Frank finds is a lesson in what happens to a company town when the company pulls up stakes. Pigeons: Nuisance Animals, or Expert Accomplices in Diamond Smuggling? 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

The stakes, the growth, the obstacles, the violence, everything, is cast in psychological terms: the shiksa prohibition is maintained and enforced not by God but by your mother. Is “shiksa” an insult? 2013-03-06T17:20:00Z

He remains a man of steel, reducing the stakes from “Will he crack?” to “How will he endure?” Review: Angelina Jolie's 'Unbroken' Is Grand, But Not Quite Enthralling 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

But the stakes were incredibly high for the Beatles, and the prospect of the band’s dissolution hangs like a cloud over almost the entire film. Know How the Beatles Ended? Peter Jackson May Change Your Mind. 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

But the stakes also could hardly be higher. Review: ‘As We See It,’ Where the Quest for ‘Normal’ Is Extraordinary 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Ms. Dargis wrote in The Times in February that “A Prophet” is “one of those rare films in which the moral stakes are as insistent and thought through as the aesthetic choices.” DVDs: Films of Sacha Guitry, a French Charmer, on DVD 2010-07-31T05:00:00Z

Mr. Sorkin tries to deepen Molly’s story and the stakes in several ways, partly through her legal troubles. Review: The Big and Minor Stakes of ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

“It makes the stakes in dating seem lower.” When your friends are so desperate to get you a date that they resort to PowerPoint 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

On the way back, I ran into Mr. Barter, who was placing a row of stakes to mark the next construction zone. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

With such high stakes in tourism, the island has begun looking beyond its traditional market, the sand-and-sun visitors and the stable of honeymooners who reliably fill the giant middlebrow Jamaican-owned Sandals and Couples resorts. Jamaica, Beyond the Beach 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

The stakes begin to heighten after Leah performs a ritual in the woods. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Trump and Taxes’ and ‘Pyewacket’ 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Shows like this one encourage us to lighten up, treat art history as entertainment, a tractable narrative of pleasures and tensions, but no ethical stakes. Art Review: ‘Samurai!’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-05-02T21:35:50Z

Oh, then there was the time my father-in-law decided it was too much trouble to hammer in stakes ashore. Personal Journeys: Barging in Burgundy: A Family Meets Its Match 2011-06-24T18:55:00Z

At first, compared to its rival shows, I Am Not Okay With This feels a bit … low stakes. I Am Not Okay With This: more Big Teen Emotions from the Stranger Things team 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z

The pressure will probably be high for nominees and other attendees to put aside politics and play the old game, but the stakes have changed. At the Grammy Awards, White Roses Paled in Comparison to Kesha Rose 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

If you are not born into money the stakes are very high. "Miles Morales: Spider-Man" author Saladin Ahmed: "Politics are central to the story for me" 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

But this sudden ratcheting up of the stakes means that the cost of failure has become far more pronounced. Blockbusters assemble: can the mega movie survive the digital era? 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z

Study St. Louis a little, and the heightened stakes that Counterpublic declares make some sense — bolstering the implicit argument that this city is particularly well suited to incubate a new exhibition model, responsible and responsive. Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

But recognizing that the stakes have changed is important. The Brilliant Alchemy of Rick Owens 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z

The stakes feel immensely low in “ The Marvels,” and it’s not because this is a movie that spends a fair amount of time following cats or has an out-of-nowhere musical number. First reactions to “The Marvels”: See what critics are saying about the MCU’s woman-centric film 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z

She’s there to up the stakes for the main character and exits the frame when the action begins. ‘I’m Your Woman’ puts a fresh spin on the 1970s crime drama 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z

It’s this tension that creates the show’s first dramatic stakes. When “The Office” is Wal-Mart: “Superstore” tackles workplace comedy with an eye on the minimum wage 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

You have to protect the things you can, so when the cashier at the Harris Teeter checkout counter asked Matt Gillette if he wanted anything double-bagged, he considered the stakes. He’s delivering your groceries to you. He’s also risking his life. 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

A cleverly detailed exploration of child care as both a kind of labor and a primal instinct, it is a workplace comedy set at home, where boundaries are porous and personal stakes are exceedingly high. ‘Lucy’ Review: There’s Something About the Babysitter 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

It’s like the quandary the Hollywood star Charlie Castle faces in Odets’s “The Big Knife,” but for lower moral and material stakes. Review: In ‘Rocket to the Moon,’ a Dentist Deals With a Midlife Crisis 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Internal documents from this past November show the museum’s finances were shaky enough for its leaders to consider offering investors stakes in its building in return for immediate cash. Newseum names former Colgate president as its next CEO 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But in “La La Land,” a full-on musical, the stakes are higher. Shall They Dance? Making ‘La La Land’ Move 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

I don’t know the likelihood or stakes of your being fired. I Lied About My Degree to Get a Job. How Do I Come Clean? 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

The contestants and us were told that the stakes were really really really big this week. "American Idol" recap: So long, Big Mike! 2010-05-13T13:13:00Z

David Talbot sees higher stakes in "Murder Most Foul" than its qualification as Dylan's longest song: "Murder Most Foul": Unpacking Bob Dylan's new epic, from Dallas 1963 to the pandemic of 2020 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

If the stakes looked right, he would bet on new talent. Samuel Goldwyn Jr., second-generation Hollywood producer, dies at 88 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

Once cinema was invented, the camera instinctively drew the spectator’s eye to the battle itself, which for generations was depicted in the visual language of sensational violence, critically urgent stakes and highly pitched emotion. Perspective | As statues topple, movies are becoming monuments, and a way to create public memory 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

In order for you to truly pine, there has to be the feeling that there are real stakes involved for the characters. Riff: Why Is That Nice Girl From ?Friday Night Lights? Fighting a Bunch of Ninjas? 2012-03-09T19:22:00Z

Its subtitle, “Beyond Caravaggio,” may be a marketer’s necessity to win attention for a less famous artist, though it sets the exhibition’s stakes. ‘Valentin de Boulogne,’ Bright Star in Caravaggio’s Orbit 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

In light of these life-or-death stakes, Penn is unsympathetic to what he seems to regard as more trivial abuses closer to home, particularly those involving celebrity exposure. Sean Penn: ‘Some of my best laughs have come out of the worst reviews’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

But both Idea and Vodafone said they would use their respective stakes in Indus Tower as well as standalone tower assets to reduce debt. Vodafone, Idea Cellular to Create India’s Largest Telecom 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Once upon a time, the stakes were low enough that America’s youth could afford the luxury of blithe non-participation without fascism sneaking in behind them. Animal House at 40: why the slobs v snobs comedy remains essential 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

“So we already know we can speak with her, and we want to appeal to her personal stakes.” “Dear Ivanka”: New York City’s Artists Appeal to Ivanka Trump, Peer to Peer 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

But, as Sherlock’s stakes have risen, and as the guns and assassins have multiplied, it is starting to feel worryingly like we are watching villains be taken to task by a mutation named Sherlock Bond. Sherlock is slowly and perversely morphing into Bond. This cannot stand 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

But this time the stakes were high enough, Ms. Singer said: “This is attitudinal and atmospheric.” What’s Cooking in That Egg Spoon? A Bite-Size Culture War 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

After last week's deliciously Sue-centric episode, and the upping of the stakes between New Directions and rivals Vocal Adrenaline, the Regionals are finally here. Dispatches 2010-06-14T05:44:00Z

The stakes are high: a successful, stable Ukraine would be a strong candidate to join and strengthen the European Union. Keeping hope alive 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Green stakes and string will recede into the foliage. Why beans are the pandemic comfort veggie 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

And in romances, “the emotional stakes are high.” Open that door? Netflix explores choose-your-own horror, romance 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

By Hollywood’s standards, the direct financial stakes around “The Beaver” are not large. When Art Imitates an Actor?s Troubled Life 2011-03-17T23:17:23Z

As Frank is promoted to management and must stave off a strike by his former baggage-handler comrades, the stakes get higher and the Rust Belt reality gets realer. Review: ‘F Is for Family,’ Netflix’s Ribald Portrayal of a ’70s Household 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

Of course you could behave like the man who stakes everything he's got on the 2.20pm at Doncaster and plump for particular theatres. What makes you book for a theatre show? 2013-01-09T16:37:57Z

By lowering the stakes from death or financial ruin to heartbreak, can blame the victim as well as the perpetrator. When the Internet was for strangers 2013-02-17T17:00:00Z

"So the stakes are high. But again, we want to bring humor and we want to bring lightheartedness to the holiday." Yandy won't market 'sexy' coronavirus costumes this Halloween 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

At the same time, the financial stakes are higher than ever. Nashville songwriters are like family. Here’s what happens when things get complicated. 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Of course, for independent houses, without leverage, this further raises the stakes. On the Runway Blog: The Package 2011-09-02T17:55:04Z

It was a reminder of the specific stakes of real-life activism, while the musicians were on hand to stir more general emotions. Music Review: ‘Bringing Human Rights Home’ at Barclays Center 2014-02-06T23:46:07Z

Q: If none of this matters, aren’t the stakes lower, not higher, for Lucky? ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

But the book “strayed so far from myself and my family,” she said, becoming a broader, more theoretical inquiry into the stakes and consequences of so-called passing. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z

When these quandaries extend to raising children, who are more susceptible to the influence of peers and advertisers than their own parents, the stakes only get higher. Why "The Americans" Resonates Three Decades After Its Cold War Context 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

But it always struck me as funny how the stakes in those movies are emotional, primarily. Big Mess on Campus: Making ‘Emergency’ 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

The immense amounts of money involved in the food industries meant that, inevitably, huge financial stakes were involved as well. Did slaves catch your seafood? 2012-05-21T14:26:00Z

You don’t envy Williams the ordeal — even if, dramatically speaking, the stakes never exceed her conflict over whether or not to accept a loan from one of several family friends. True Life: I Got Conned by Anna Delvey 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

It activates an authentic emotional feeling and in terms of the stakes, it brings a heightened focus that I think infuses the scenes with energy. For these guys, it's about finding that rhythm 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

If there is, as you argue, overzealous prosecution, what are the stakes? Free Led Zeppelin: “This is about music, it’s not about sound” 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

Only one more episode to go before the mid-season break: the stakes have never been higher or the show better. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 26-30 November 2012-11-26T07:00:00Z

And both arrived with similar stakes: Whether designed to be a universally relatable representation or birthed from one person’s singular vision, it was the only one in sight. In ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Jostling Cultural Legacies 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

"Although we appreciate the societal pressures to consume alcohol when working with international terrorists and high stakes gamblers, we would advise Bond be referred for further assessment of his alcohol intake," they concluded. Shaken not stirred: Did 007 have alcoholic tremor? 2013-12-13T19:07:44Z

But also I feel like there have to be stakes. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner Reflects on the Season So Far 2012-06-10T19:42:36Z

An investor pressured him to raise the stakes of the caper. Film: An Indie Gumshoe in Oregon?s Gloom 2011-01-30T02:13:01Z

Since the introduction of the smartphone, the stakes have been raised. A Book of Cheeky Obituaries Highlights ‘Eccentric Lives’ 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

If a drama has stakes, then it has permission to break your heart. Mad Men Character Study: Cleopatra Joan 2012-05-30T13:07:06Z

It is not unusual for an artist to admit this kind of wanton ambition, but the stakes here felt strangely high. Lady Gaga’s All-American Super Bowl Halftime Show 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

So the stakes were high as the orchestra spent a week preparing to debut its new maestro on Thursday. A High-Pressure Countdown for the New York Philharmonic’s New Maestro 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

That test is repeated in a series of quiet confrontations of a mind-bending intensity, in which mortal stakes are on the line; those scenes are the source of the film’s devastating power. Highlights from the New York Film Festival: Martin Scorsese’s Colossal, Mournful “The Irishman” 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high and the tactics are dirty. Better than his best ‘Law & Order’ episode: Peter Blauner’s new thriller, ‘Proving Ground’ 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

There were no real stakes, no sense of finality. Pulp science-fiction? How Quentin Tarantino could save Star Trek 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

The stakes are high: If the Noah adaptation pleases the duke, the troupe might snag a spot at his stronghold, where the plague risk is lower. Review | Coronavirus looms over this play set during a plague. But ‘The Amateurs’ speaks to timeless concerns. 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

Williams brings exquisite delicacy to the character, and her open, translucent face with its quicksilver changes speaks more vividly to the story’s emotional stakes than any line of dialogue. ‘The Fabelmans’ Review: Spielberg’s Own Sentimental Education 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

He touched up the stakes and posts that were cracked or chipping. Senior projects leave their mark on Columbus 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

With "Bumblebee," though, I always knew precisely who was fighting who, when and where they were fighting each other, why they were fighting each other and what the stakes were in the fights themselves. The big "Bumblebee" question: With no Michael Bay, could Transformers have been good all along? 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

The stakes for the company, and for Ms. Binder, are nonetheless high. For Tanztheater Wuppertal, Life After Pina Includes New Works 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

The boy loves Kev and wants to be loved by him, which is crucial to the story’s emotional stakes. Movie Review : ‘Last Ride,’ Australian Film Starring Hugo Weaving 2012-07-05T22:04:37Z

Thomas had long experience of proving himself before a hostile audience, but now the competition was stiffer and the stakes were higher. Clarence Thomas’s Radical Vision of Race 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

The stakes: Each finalist will be included in the March issue of GQ, but the winner receives $50,000 and a chance to create a collection for Levi’s. 2010-02-11T04:48:00Z

Anyone requiring further affirmation that Warsaw is on the way up in the hipster stakes might consider that Vice magazine has set up shop in the city. New Europe: Poles dancing 2011-04-03T20:38:01Z

The opener, set in a hospital and announced with the sounds of electronic beeps and human breathing, establishes a funereal tone and, like the title, announces the mortal stakes. | 'The Last Rites of Joe May': ?The Last Rites of Joe May? a Film by Joe Maggio - Review 2011-11-03T23:27:07Z

Visiting monthly to immerse himself in the city’s culture, he had landed on a realization: To contribute anything at all would require raising the stakes. In the Lower Ninth Ward, an Artist Renews His Purpose 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

Perhaps mindful of the stakes, the group rolled out some especially heavy intellectual artillery Tuesday night. ArtsBeat Blog: Have a Little Faith? At NYU, The Debate Rages On 2011-11-16T20:55:51Z

It's mostly a very typical problem: The stakes don't rise as they must. Young cast is not up to 'Spring Awakening' 2011-05-04T22:00:28Z

It projects crisp technique and physical excitement, without the depth of character, dramatic stakes or moral complexity of the company’s best work. Review | Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Paquita’: Glittering dancing but a skimpy story 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Yes, giving a main character cancer is an easy way to boost the stakes, but it’s hardly an unrealistic one: if any family survives long enough, there are going to be health crises. Parenthood Breaks Our Hearts Real Good 2012-10-25T13:01:02Z

The deal, which expires in August, will see BBC Worldwide receive a return on its investment and allows Big Talk's founders to earn some money from their stakes. Simon Pegg in line for payout from sale of Rev producer Big Talk 2013-04-12T18:09:59Z

“There’s not a whole lot of pressure or stakes or toil involved,” she added. Some Pros Let It Go on TikTok: ‘Is This the Future?’ 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

The stakes are higher at the masquerade and talent show, Saturday at 8:30 p.m., with $1,000 in prize money.  What?s On at New York Comic Con 2011-10-13T22:28:06Z

The stakes remain high for the Buttigiegs, who clearly have their eyes on future campaigns, and for Chasten, whose book is meant to set the stage for next time. Review | Chasten Buttigieg’s ‘I Have Something to Tell You’ is refreshingly candid, but a missed opportunity 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Her subject matter — romantic disappointment, being left in the lurch — is the same, but the stakes are much greater now. Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Vampire’ Takes a Note From Taylor Swift: Leave a Mark 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

On paper, they seemed to have everything audiences expect from a superhero summer movie — High stakes! Is Iron Man the Only Interesting Marvel Superhero? 2013-05-03T18:58:16Z

Every once in a while, in the heat of a dramatic moment, there are reminders of just how silly the stakes are. Scrolling Through the Rise, and Takeover, of Instagram 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

What unites us is that we like writing stories that have high dramatic stakes.” Nathaniel and Simon: The Brothers Rich 2013-01-04T21:32:05Z

The stakes were high, the debate could be bitter. Radiant and Radical: 20 Years of Defining the Soul of Black Art 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Without stakes, without an investment in the characters and their dilemmas, action quickly devolves into spectacle which — I’ve learned the hard way — enthralls an audience for roughly one and a half seconds. The Script Secrets of Gillian Flynn, John Krasinski, Barry Jenkins and Christopher McQuarrie 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The report said family members of top government officials have stakes in commercial ventures in South Sudan. Clooney, Cheadle urge action to stop pilfering of South Sudan resources 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

As always, Ms. Skaer, a graduate of the powerhouse Glasgow School of Art, stakes her claim for sculpture that begins in pre-existing objects and images but, through memory and poetry, exceeds them. 10 Galleries to Visit Now Around SoHo and TriBeCa 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

And the gig is a lark, the stakes low, the players’ passion never endangered. ‘The Gig’ 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Loy amplified the emotional stakes by revealing the complex passions that animate the characters. It’s (Almost) Business as Usual at the Salzburg Festival 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes seem lower now, which is not entirely a bad thing. Movie Review: ?Darling Companion? From Lawrence and Meg Kasdan 2012-04-19T22:35:40Z

Emily would see this as offensive, and Lorelai would see it as true, and then their fight would have higher stakes. Watched All of the ‘Gilmore Girls’ Revival? Let’s Talk About It 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

They picnicked at the site and put stakes in the ground while living in what Beam calls “a world of unusual intellectual and spiritual intensity.” When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z

The stakes are now so high that all four spoke to the Guardian insisting on absolute anonymity. Revealed: how Trump's transgender ban has forced military members back into hiding 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

Tentpole films might continue to be propped up by old, familiar stakes, but the rest of cinema — not to mention ambitious series on cable and streaming services — is beginning to stir with new life. Young composers challenge the Hollywood music establishment 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z

It was my first year, and he didn’t wager high stakes on me seeing it through three years. | Extra Credit, Part 2 2011-08-18T16:21:33Z

I'd promised my students "writing is a way to turn your worst experiences into the most beautiful," but now the stakes were higher. A Zoom of one's own: Leaving my job helped my mental health — and my mission 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

He softens in domestic scenes, where the genial presence of his wife and two children uncover both the dangerous stakes of the case — the family receives death threats — and Strassera’s caring side. ‘Argentina, 1985’ Review: All the Prosecutor’s Men 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Through it all, the stakes seem much higher for her than for him. ‘Battle of the Sexes’ is about a tennis match — but it feels a lot like the 2016 election 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Both that and “The Melt Goes On Forever” are honest, in their ways, about the stakes of ownership and the racial eternity of this dilemma. ‘The Melt Goes On Forever’ Review: David Hammons Makes, and They Take 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

A: Last season was nerve wracking for me because I felt like the stakes were a lot higher, whereas before I had nothing to lose ... Actress Jessica Pare finds fame with TV's "Mad Men" 2013-04-04T15:43:09Z

By repeatedly introducing new characters only to kill them, the story can suffer from low stakes. How to fix "Stranger Things" for its fifth and final season 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Still, Sher acknowledged that the stakes are higher with “Fiddler”: “no show means as much to people.” Tradition! The Indestructible “Fiddler on the Roof” 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z

But as the assault on antidepressants continued, he realized he needed to join the battle: The stakes of defeat in the antidepressant wars were just too high for depressed patients. Should We Still Listen to Prozac? Peter D. Kramer Jumps Back Into the Antidepressant Debate 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

“She had seen the photo. She knew that the stakes were high.” Bonding Over a Love of Cat Power and Senior Dogs 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Being clear on the stakes here isn’t just about emotional honesty, either. Carolyn Hax: Wife needs to be forthright about ‘desperate’ need to move back to West Coast 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

But after the New York primary, the stakes exploded. "Knock Down the House" with AOC: New film offers a deeply humanizing portrait of a media obsession 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

The only other institutions that come any where near, in the fascination stakes, are schools and prisons. 24 Hours in Police Custody review – even better than 24 Hours in A&E 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

The stakes are undeniable: As a test of viewers’ appetite for more Westeros stories, “Dragon” will perhaps determine whether “Thrones” can emerge as another lucrative pop-culture universe à la Marvel. ‘House of the Dragon’ Will Revisit Westeros, Not Reinvent It 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

“Whoever comes out of this one is going to be a national star. The stakes are so high, the money is so huge,” says longtime political observer Larry Ceisler. Dr. Oz’s Trump-infused Senate run is coming down to the wire 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Like the recent “South Park” special and the new “Borat,” this show invents a back story for the chaos of the pandemic, finding a comic conspiracy that escalates the stakes. What Happens When Sarah Cooper Speaks in Her Own Voice? 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

It’s a slip that captures the stakes uncannily well. Electrified Rivers and Other Attempts to Save the Environment 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z

Leaving Sir Robert Woodard, as we thread through bustling corridors full of students eating pizza and talking in that indecipherable slang known only to teenagers, Jenkinson makes the stakes clear. ‘If you’re going to watch porn, know it’s not real’: meet Britain's sex-positive influencers 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z

Using footage from the surfers’ personal archive, this documentary looks at how members of this group raised the stakes in professional surfing, and how their friendships changed in the process. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Momentum Generation’ and ‘Tree of Life: A Concert for Peace and Unity’ 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

It’s become a cliché to ask about a TV drama, “What are the stakes?” Review: ‘Lodge 49,’ Where Beautiful Losers Join the Club 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

Ali Catterall Season 14 of the shouty 8 Out Of 10 Cats, which in the panel show stakes sits somewhere between the enjoyable Would I Lie To You and the creaky Mock the Week. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 8-12 October 2012-10-08T08:00:00Z

The further I get into this experiment of this crazy mode of creation, I keep upping the stakes to get a deeper fix of that experience. “We always are pleasantly surprised at what we have in us.”: Esperanza Spalding talks about making an album in 77 hours 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

Online fund-raising in return for equity stakes is new for the theater. A Broadway Show Pitches to Investors Online 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

There is real danger and real stakes here, and it has the potential to change a lot of people’s minds about what goes on in the American justice system. 60 Days In: a captivating look at corruption and American justice 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

Government mediation of a unionization dispute is unusual in New Zealand, but in this case, the stakes for the country are high. New Zealand offers to mediate "Hobbit" union spat 2010-10-04T06:26:00Z

As the family veers from one crisis to the next, there’s little sense of stakes or of scale. ‘Winners,’ a Domestic Comedy at Ensemble Studio Theater 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

‘The political stakes are high, the dramatic story unspools tidbit by tidbit and the stark us-versus-them dynamics provide plenty of fodder for emotionally charged social media brawls.” Perspective | Trump, the TV president, finally meets a media story he can’t control 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Its short, choppy chapters are both methodical and kaleidoscopic, introducing new characters in flashes and bursts; there’s a remote precision to the writing that succeeds in projecting both the stakes and wonder of a spacewalk. Memory, That Unreliable Narrator: New Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z

It’s a monster role, and the emotional stakes just get higher and higher and that takes an incredible toll physically. Kiera Duffy on Becoming Bess, the Heroine of ‘Breaking the Waves’ 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Even many of the best drama series on cable–Homeland, Breaking Bad–depend on a constant raising of stakes and heightening of jeopardy to keep viewers coming back. House of Cards Watch: I Ate the Whole Thing 2013-02-08T14:00:42Z

The stakes are higher, considering that the project rested on her vision. With 'Aquarius,' dawning of a new age for Tinashe Kachingwe 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

He makes Chishiya formidable by making him the type of antihero without concern, even when the stakes could mean his death. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

Holmes is the grounding force in the film, her performance alert and alive to the very elemental stakes of the story. 'Heavens Knows What' star knows all about the street life film depicts 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Keeping the stakes personal is much more compelling to audiences, instead of global stakes they’ve seen so many times,” said David Leitch, the film’s director. This Story Has Already Stressed Ryan Reynolds Out 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

"I like playing high stakes, playing to the mezzanine, making a thousand choices." "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z

The more claustrophobic the setting, the higher the stakes. Review | Ashley McBryde makes brutal honesty sound bright as hell 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z

It worked for me, largely because Neeson and Kruger play their scenes for relatable emotion and plausibly high stakes, no matter how cockamamie the developments. Neeson is a real action star in suspenseful 'Unknown' 2011-02-17T12:31:00Z

The stakes are high — and not just for Sinclair’s business interests. Perspective | Sinclair’s TV deal would be good for Trump. And his new FCC is clearing the way. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

Other holders of stakes – who's playing Dracula here? – are the sixth-form college that already uses half the rooms for teaching, independent artists who would like some space to work, Arts Council England. Our campaign to save Darlington arts centre 2011-01-28T12:30:41Z

During that time, Egan falsely convinced investors he was a close associate of the chief executive of a major bank and that he owned stakes in famous Las Vegas hotels, the U.S. Former accuser of Hollywood director charged with wire fraud 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

The Multi-State Lottery Association recognizes the popularity of work pools, especially when the stakes are so high. Powerball workplace pools fun, but can turn sour 2013-05-18T03:30:33Z

Assuming you aren’t performing surgeries or the stakes of your work are not otherwise life-or-death, why not give your colleague the benefit of the doubt? I Lied to My Parents. How Do I Get Them to Believe the Truth Now? 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

It has this incredible mixture of art, music, love, romance and harrowing life-and-death stakes. "Oh, Britta's in this?": Gillian Jacobs on playing a WWII hero and never leaving "Community" behind 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Only “Tenet” held firm to its date, the rare tentpole that wouldn’t pull up stakes. Christopher Nolan Says ‘Tenet’ Will Come Out This Summer. Should It? 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z

That would still have urgency and stakes, but something that could feel meditative and even restorative? "Keep Breathing" creators talk survival, not Googling solutions and that controversial ending 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

Soon this circus will pull up its stakes, and the aerialists, the acrobats, the clowns, the horses, a chic poodle and an unspeakably adorable pig will take their final bows. 12 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Now that we’re all living in the “American carnage” Trump proclaimed at his inauguration speech, the stakes are higher in this country than they’ve been in many years. Perspective | Liberal satire is getting dangerously lazy in the Trump era 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

I don’t mind that the stakes are low . . . because the actors are convincing me of how high the stakes are for them.” Riff: Eating Your Cultural Vegetables 2011-05-01T07:43:01Z

The stakes are universal, given the global rise of violent ideologies. Grada Kilomba’s Rituals of Resistance 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

It was just the dawn of the UK's culinary awakening, with Marco Pierre White as its precocious poster boy, and the stakes have been continuously upped ever since. Warning: chefs behaving properly 2013-07-18T06:00:11Z

This kind of perspective gives the book an intimacy that raises the emotional stakes, especially when it comes to dysfunctional family dynamics. Review | A dual portrait of Herman and Joe Mankiewicz offers an intimate look at the Hollywood brothers 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Mr. Berg said that the female cop from Framingham, who stakes out a rooftop position, was not real but was meant to represent the gung-ho spirit that brought all that firepower to the scene. ‘Patriots Day’ Disconnect Between Bostonians and the Rest of Us 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Plastic mesh fencing attached to metal stakes is cheaper and easier to install than post and wire fencing, though it will be flimsier and less permanent. How to grow your own food in a modern-day victory garden 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z

They seem to come to us from another dimension, where the stakes don’t always have to be the fate of all existence. Unbreakable at 20: the film that finally took superheroes seriously 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

Despite high stakes, no one is really evil. Have you been watching … Once Upon a Time? 2013-05-10T11:49:03Z

The stakes don’t look initially global when, soon after Mr. Emmerich’s movie opens, the White House is overwhelmed by heavily armed men taking orders from a boilerplate maniac. Movie Review: In ‘White House Down,’ Channing Tatum Rescues the Nation 2013-06-27T20:33:58Z

The entire joke is: how do you go on “Morning Joe” and on Twitter and on Colbert when the stakes are the planet really is going to die? Q&A: Adam McKay on the lessons of the 2000 recount 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Devoting an entire run to addressing the crisis raises the stakes in a way unheard of in commercial theater. An emotional opening for ‘Hamilton’ in Puerto Rico — not just for Lin-Manuel Miranda but an island still reeling from a storm 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

Advertisement Advertisement But a Broadway revival is high visibility, so the stakes are greater and the scrutiny closer; the last “Fiddler,” in 2004, was derided as insufficiently Jewish. ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Gets a Debated Update 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

The suggestion is that Lifehouse, an operation that long ago found its working formula, has regrouped with a new starkness; that the stakes are somehow higher, and the payoff more grimly satisfying, than before. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z

My hunch is that if “True Detective” aired on USA, TNT or even HBO-owned Cinemax, the stakes wouldn’t be as high as they are, and half of us would have never heard of the show. Review | Why does HBO still believe in the potential of ‘True Detective’? Search me. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

But those stakes seem negligible in the information age. Country-music fans get what they want. Even if what they want is Motley Crue

My German and American sides were at odds one last time, but with higher stakes than pedestrian etiquette or pretzel dominance. The Frugal Traveler Returns to Germany, Now as a Citizen 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

That human impulse gets short shrift here in the interests of dramatic stakes. 'Outgoing Tide' a touching look at end-of-life woes -- 3 1/2 stars 2011-05-23T21:19:02Z

The sudden, audible presence of a violent threat doesn’t automatically lend tension to the plot, or stakes to the life of a character we don’t believe. Review: In ‘Natural Shocks,’ a Storm Is Coming 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

The stakes are grimmer and considerably more persuasive in “A Thousand and One,” the poignant feature debut of A.V. At Last Back at Sundance, Filled With Rocky Relationships and Glorious Writers 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

In this dark comedy about the ugliness of avarice the stakes rise as everyone’s depravity descends lower and lower. Theater Review: ‘Volpone,’ With Stephen Spinella, at Lucille Lortel Theater 2012-12-10T22:56:51Z

The stakes were low, and yet the game was terrifying. Shock! Anger! Joy! Confusion! An American watches Love Island 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

It was also always inherently funny to me to play a dad who thought he had a high-stakes position, but it’s really very low stakes. Will Ferrell on Donald Trump, Michelle Obama and His New Movie 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

To actively disrupt those old bad habits takes a fight against inertia and apathy, even when, unlike big moments of outrage and grief that demand protest and action, the stakes seem deceptively small. Muhammad Ali is home: From the “universal soldier for our common humanity,” let us learn how to fight for each other 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

But since the stakes of the election became clear, she said, her TV goes on at 8 a.m., a roving circuit of CNN, Fox Business and Fox News. Is America addicted to this election? 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

Telling a joke, by contrast, means leaving things out—cutting down on complexity, context, and moral stakes. The Comedian Forcing Stand-Up to Confront the #MeToo Era 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

But the sheer number of ice zombies raised the show’s stakes. These Are the 24 Most Emmy-Worthy "Game of Thrones" Twists 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

Albeit in the mildest possible sense, the stakes of their story and their marriage are existential. Happy never after? The enduring appeal of the messy marriage movie 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

The stakes in Bridge of Spies are self-consciously small; the lawyer Hanks plays is no one’s idea of a high-achieving litigator, and the exchange centers on three prisoners, not the future of the Republic. Bridge of Spies Paints History in Black and White 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

The McDonalds’ introduction of Fordism to their business turned employees into factory workers and changed the restaurant industry, though the movie elides the global stakes. Review: ‘The Founder,’ the Story of a Supersize Businessman 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

It felt low stakes in a joyous way. So I Thought I Couldn’t Dance 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The stakes were high, and the talent ran deep — of the 65 men, many were college athletes or would go on to play for the N.F.L. 18 Books Coming in September 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

It is “unlikely to change anyone’s mind about Snowden, but when it comes to privacy and speech and the Constitution, his story clarifies the stakes.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

The economic stakes for the city are high. As New York Reopens, It Looks for Culture to Lead the Way 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

Even for those familiar with Ai and his work, the film’s offerings of fascinating insights into his personal life and an exploration of the stakes of personal freedom make it a worthy viewing experience. ‘Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly’ Review: On the Irony of Personal Freedom 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

In an understanding of who Bannon is and what he stands for, lives are literally on the line, and Morris, in the film, acknowledges that the stakes are extraordinarily high. “American Dharma,” Reviewed: Errol Morris Lets Steve Bannon Off the Hook 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

This novel is atmospheric and thrilling, with high stakes and mesmerizing magic. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

The story makes apocalyptic stakes — the fate of the multiverse; the struggle between good and evil — seem curiously trivial. ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Review: Nothing Out of the Ordinary 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Bitter Marginalia Defines Two Lives It is a truism that academic arguments are so passionate because the stakes are so small. Movie Review: ?Footnote,? a Satire and Family Drama by Joseph Cedar 2012-03-08T17:16:01Z

Still, this season appears to be a departure from these exaggerated stakes. “Money. D*ck. Power.”: “Unreal” deconstructs fantasies — and asks what TV looks like with women in charge 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Lacking both the romantic chemistry and the directorial panache that might justify its life-or-death stakes, “Midnight Sun” is a medical melodrama in need of resuscitation. Review: In ‘Midnight Sun,’ the Dawn of Romance Can Be Fatal 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

The stakes aren’t particularly high on “Divided” — in the tens of thousands rather than the millions — and they fall even lower on “The Game of Dating,” which begins on TV One on Jan. 31. New Game Shows for a Fractious Age 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

Written by Gary Spinelli, “American Made” goes down easily, especially if you don’t let the historical record with its real-world stakes bother you. Review: ‘American Made’ Has Lies, Spies and Coke. Tom Cruise, Too. 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

"It was a brilliant role, but the stakes were high," Halfpenny told the BBC. Boyle versus Bard at stage awards 2012-12-07T16:24:53Z

As they’re gearing up to leave school and begin college, or some other phase of life, the stakes may seem impossibly high. Stop Telling Anxious Kids Everything Will Be O.K. 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z

With each year, the stakes were, of course, raised, but BH always managed to capture fans' attention with an impressive array of new big bads and colourful guest stars. Was the BBC right to kill off Being Human? 2013-03-08T13:02:15Z

And Manning seemed to sing with a greater sense of the stakes. 'The Voice' recap: They're on each other's teams 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

It’s more melancholy than mournful, and it lacks days-of-wrath religious terror or any equivalent stakes. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Out There ‘Requiem,’ With Nods to Mozart 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Those are the stakes, and our emergency, our sleepless baby, our back-from-the-dead killer. Why Trump Is Different—and Must Be Repelled 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

The stakes were considered particularly high in reporting sexual misconduct: A wayward allegation can cause permanent damage to the accused’s reputation and invite legal action. Bill Cosby story shows media’s evolution on willingness to report on allegations of rape

The stakes here are significant not just for downtown but for Los Angeles as a whole. L.A. Convention Center's proposed design screams, 'conventional thinking' 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

The incident is a reminder of the high stakes of this feral climate, but risks derailing the production’s momentum. Review: In ‘Ink,’ a Media Mogul Is Born — Rupert Murdoch 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

The stakes in the 1898 version were primarily poetic and stylistic. Review: A Skilled Ballet Leader Creates a Messy ‘Raymonda’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

The stakes were so low, it’s hard to remember now. It’s an It Girl! The Birth of ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

The scenes of the interrupters at work — talking to gang members, marching in antiviolence protests, counseling families, being mentors to children, speaking at funerals — vividly suggest the scope of the human stakes. | 'The Interrupters': Confronting a Plague of Violence 2011-07-28T22:26:47Z

These high stakes may be why so many young-adult and fantasy authors find themselves ensnared by lawsuits. Cassandra Clare Created a Fantasy Realm and Aims to Maintain Her Rule 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z

While the movie sustains levity, its lack of subtlety — and a lack of stakes, save for sweepstakes — make for an altogether bland bonanza. ‘Jerry & Marge Go Large’ Review: You Don’t Know Jackpot 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Now you’re bombing as someone who people paid money to see, and there are stakes, but comedy dies in the second-guessing of what people want to see. How a Review Changed Both Sarah Silverman and Our Critic 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z

The moment where the rock creature explains the stakes to the gang is one of those classic "Futurama" moments that follows dire exposition with a Bob Hope-style coward-dolt one-liner by the hapless hero, Fry. The sci-fi vaudeville charm of "Futurama" 2011-06-23T18:24:00Z

But for studios, the stakes are high, and they've been creative in working around the rules to give their movies the best spotlight possible. Big studios behind swag-fueled Oscar push 2013-02-23T17:59:09Z

"Now, the stakes are higher in a way; it's going to be even angrier." Crap Towns returns to rain more scorn on worst parts of Britain 2012-06-15T14:45:39Z

The ticket prices get real high and the stakes get real low. Review | What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Yeah, yeah, Britney Spears doesn’t care. 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

The stakes couldn’t be higher in “State of Terror.” Review | Hillary Clinton’s thriller with Louise Penny is a thinly veiled jab at a Very Stable Genius 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

That in some ways feels higher stakes than the life and death stuff happening out in the woods. "Keep Breathing" creators talk survival, not Googling solutions and that controversial ending 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z

Video of the hit — which came in a preseason game, with no competitive stakes — is grainy and sparse. Matthew Barney, Back in the Game 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z

By the time she delivers a fine, tensely eerie mad scene, the stakes of the drama — that queasy, distinctively operatic blend of empathy for and exhilaration over the heroine’s degradation — are almost entirely forfeit. Music Review: Dessay Is Pale in ?Lucia di Lammermoor? 2011-02-25T08:38:16Z

This time, with the stakes of the election so high, news organizations need to get it right. Perspective | Here’s what the media must do to fend off an election-night disaster 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

“The stakes are so high it feels like war.” Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

This is a superhero story, ultimately, and the fight between good and evil is often more fun when the stakes appear higher. Cat Girl? A Kinder, Gentler Superhero Comic 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z

Upsizing that violence for adult players escalates the physical and psychological ruthlessness commensurate to the life and death stakes. The allure of Netflix's brutal "Squid Game" owes a debt to our predatory upbringing 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z

The stakes for the principals in “Whiplash” feel that high. “Whiplash” confirms what this drummer already knew: Jazz is full of arrogant, sadistic jerks 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

“Also a sense of stakes, that a real tough game is being played. It’s called ‘Jeopardy!’ for a reason. The unanswered ‘Jeopardy!’ question: Who’s the new host? 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

Like most one-night films — from “After Hours” to “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist” — the stakes are high, the goal seemingly just out of reach. Film: Growing Older Isn?t the Same as Growing Up 2011-02-20T02:01:26Z

He hasn’t made it big with the song—he’s performing it in a local mall for a sparse crowd—but the stakes for both of them feel exceedingly high. Kate Berlant and John Early’s Escape from Comic Realism 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

“I would actually argue that there were huge stakes for Nicky Nichols this season much more than any previous season. It makes sense that a self destructive person would end up where she did.” 'Orange Is the New Black' Actress on Nicky Nichols' Fate in Season 4 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

But real-world problems, overwhelming as they may be, have stakes, specificity and individual flavor. ‘This Space Between Us’ Review: A Do-Gooder Faces a Chorus of Resistance 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

It feels like the stakes are really high. “You’re a little bit scared”: TikTok chef Nick DiGiovanni found an unlikely friend in Gordon Ramsay 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z

This year the Winter Jazzfest intensified the stakes with a presiding theme of social justice, which emerged organically out of the programming but then became a kind of directive. Review: A Jazzfest Marathon With Protest at Its Heart 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z

The selection at Cool Hunting for Gap stakes the middle ground between Etsy and Moss, handmade objects and edibles culled from the more style-minded enclaves of Brooklyn and beyond. | Cool Hunting for Gap 2010-12-03T15:35:00Z

The two biggest Prom events of the opening week both scored highly on the rarity stakes. The Proms 2011: week one in review 2011-07-27T16:01:18Z

Right there, this exchange illustrates this show’s potential to be an insightful, elucidating workplace drama that honestly portrays the stakes and pitfalls of working in media or any high-level corporation. It's tough to explain what makes the aggravating "Morning Show" mess appealing 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z

Anyway, I'm certainly not done with barbecues for 2014, not least because I need to claw back some points after my restaurant manager thrashed me in the barbecue stakes the other day. Finger-lickin' good: Mary-Ellen McTague's meaty barbecue recipes 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

“I was a blocked writer and wanted to start writing something that was low stakes and didn’t have to be perfect,” said Ruth Curry, a co-publisher of the independent literary imprint Emily Books. What Is a TinyLetter? Like Ye Olde Blog, but Less Public 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

That was there to set the stakes of how brutal and dangerous it’s going to be for these girls, how unforgiving. Clare Barron on ‘Dance Moms,’ Teen Girls and Black Sheep Ballerinas 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

“It’s in that battle-cruiser class of budgets, there’s no question about it so, yeah, the stakes are high,” Cameron said at the film’s premiere in Los Angeles on Tuesday. High stakes as 'Alita: Battle Angel' hits screens 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The stakes are rather less vital in “Molly’s Game,” which mostly tracks how a shrewd young woman threw fancy gambling parties for very important and self-important men with exceedingly deep pockets. Review: The Big and Minor Stakes of ‘Molly’s Game’ 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

“As one of the most visible figures in the ballet world, the stakes for David were unique,” Sascha Radetsky, a Ballet Theater ballet master, said in an email. David Hallberg’s Tell All (About His Own Psyche) 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

Like the proverbial frogs in pots of simmering water, filmgoers have tolerated escalating stakes in cinematic ghastliness at least since 1960, when Alfred Hitchcock created the first slasher film with “Psycho.” ‘The Hateful Eight’ and ‘The Revenant’ bring the pain, but what do we gain? 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

There was an argument for saying that he barely stutters at all with his family," said Firth, "and then Tom felt that lowered the stakes too much. Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z

Flipped 90 degrees, they look like black-metal stakes, supports for some modernist Stonehenge. In the galleries: Works in progress 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Fiction often attempts to capture reality without being coldly mimetic; taxidermy reveals the stakes of that project. Taxidermy Is a Metaphor for Our Time 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z

Like many of Kent’s works, they contain an uncanny aura, while seeming to consider, quite powerfully, the stakes of legibility. An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

Hardy took the bet, raising the stakes to a tattoo of the winner’s choosing. Tom Hardy Is Getting a Tattoo Designed by Leonardo DiCaprio 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z

That was picked up by the Christians – the new notion that one person’s sin put everyone else at risk, which raised the stakes enormously. Eric Berkowitz on sex and society 2012-07-09T11:45:00Z

But when that wasn't received with hosannas, he felt the stakes rise. Rocker Kurt Vile ? yes, that's his real last name 2011-04-23T00:53:26Z

Also, in their lives now, the stakes are enormously high… they’re dramatic people. Anna Chlumsky Explains How Veep's Amy Came to Her Breaking Point 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

Nanau zips through all this background information seamlessly, creating a coherent picture of the political stakes. ‘Collective’ Review: When Tragedy Consumes a Nation 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z

But in many ways, the stakes for it are higher than they may have been for "The Book of Boba Fett." "Obi-Wan Kenobi" reminds us that the Force is not always with us...and that's fine! 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

“Powers’s insightful, often poetic prose draws us at once more deeply toward the infinitude of the imagination and more vigorously toward the urgencies of the real and familiar stakes rattling our persons and our planet.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z

One of the strengths of “Hooligan Sparrow” is that it makes those stakes real, visceral and urgent, partly by laying bare just how difficult it can be to make a documentary like this. Review: In ‘Hooligan Sparrow,’ a Chinese Activist’s Hair-Raising Defiance of the State 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Inception The Batman movies made Christopher Nolan one of Hollywood's biggest hitters; now, he raises the stakes with this non-superhero film. What to see in summer 2010 2010-05-23T20:30:00Z

Plemons and especially Buckley play this somewhat abstract conundrum for real existential stakes, either tricking you into caring about them or sincerely expressing the need to be cared about. ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Review: Where to Begin? 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

The stakes are even higher with a premiere. Review: The Hazy Mysteries of Love at Lincoln Center 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

And supporters of the program praise it for presenting a neglected side of Britain and upping the stakes in a national debate about welfare cuts. Poverty TV: Hit UK show stirs welfare debate 2014-01-23T14:07:38Z

But as interest in its sound expanded, the opportunities — and the stakes — ballooned. ‘Was It a Lost Psych-Funk Classic?’ It’s Khruangbin, Right Now 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

One of the great models for that is “The West Wing,” which I thought was brilliant at making clear what the interpersonal emotional stakes were. From ‘Camp David’ to ‘Oslo,’ Forging Drama from Diplomacy 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Fortunately for most, those moments play out with lower stakes and without the sting of being publicly scrutinized, acting as a container for society’s wayward projections. Real “spring breakers” don’t have happy endings 2013-03-29T16:01:00Z

With the crowds that sometimes gave Park City an unsettling frat house vibe now happily gone and the celebrity circus having pulled up stakes, both the streets and screens seemed newly revitalized and welcoming. Critic?s Notebook: Turns Out Sundance Thrives on More Than Just Money 2011-01-27T22:58:17Z

In the real world, the stakes for these conversations are astronomical: What will become of our health care, our planet, our border, our national character? ‘It’s a bit of a carnival’: Al Franken, Ann Coulter, Tomi Lahren, Sean Hannity and the nihilism of Politicon. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

In a crowded field of fall releases, "Uncharted 3" stakes its claim as a cinematic adventure that keeps the jokes and action humming. Game On: 'Arkham City' no joke; 'Uncharted 3' a success 2011-11-10T18:12:04Z

And the stakes, never low with this president, were higher than ever. Perspective | The North Korea summit was a triumph of Trumpian stagecraft, and the media fell for it 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

But then you put race in, and it takes the ordinary and heightens the stakes of everything. Misty Copeland on Pushing Ballet’s Boundaries 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

Within the first few moments of their meeting, Dawn makes the stakes clear when she tells Beth point blank, “You owe us.” The Walking Dead 'Slabtown' Recap: Grosser Than Gross 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

But by the early '70s, that rising tide of fake blood ultimately swamped Hammer, as Hollywood studios upped the stakes with big-budget movies like The Omen and The Exorcist. Is Hammer Films Back from the Dead? 2010-12-09T09:00:00Z

So when I started writing, already the stakes were high. Q&A: Mel Brooks, 95, is still riffing 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

The interagency intrigues actually end up heightening the stakes as the clock ticks down. A thriller writer’s challenge: Make U.S. policy in Africa into a page turner

"These figures have been around since the beginning, where there is a lot of money and the stakes are very high." TV drama 'Ray Donovan' delivers flawed man as Hollywood's 'fixer' 2013-06-29T01:43:08Z

The stakes are high: Investors have become increasingly restive as the scandal continues to spread. Credibility fading, James Murdoch returns to UK 2011-11-09T20:22:08Z

It also comes with huge stakes for so many people. Weinstein trial: new chapter in #MeToo movement with high stakes for many 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

“The stakes are not small. This world is filled with mischief, and more than mischief.” Ward Just, 84, Dies; Ex-Journalist Found Larger Truths in Fiction 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

While the Conlon brothers are both fighting for the money, the real stakes are much deeper. | 'Warrior': ?Warrior,? Directed by Gavin O?Connor - Review 2011-09-08T16:26:17Z

ABC hyped up the stakes, not for the money but for the glory of it all. Perspective | ‘Jeopardy!’ has named its Greatest of All Time. But why did it have to go there? 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

The stakes were higher, the thoughts were darker, and our relationship was weaker than it had ever been. After giving birth to my first child, I wondered: would I ever want sex again? 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

Then, in a surprise move late last week, PUC Commissioner Mike Florio raised the stakes for state regulators when he filed an alternative proposal to deny the merger. L.A. weighs in on proposed Comcast-TWC merger at PUC hearing 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z

However, this was soon eclipsed in the eyebrow stakes by the restaurant scene between Lady Mary and Lord Gillingham’s Ill-Defined Previous Lady Friend. Downton Abbey recap: series five, episode five – a sedate echo of previous plots 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z

Yet even as the emotional stakes turn crueler, the tenderness in Beanpole’s unspoken yearning, as well as flashes of beauty and dark comedy, keep brutality in check. ‘Beanpole’ Review: The War Has Ended. Their Fight Is Endless. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Now that he’s president, the stakes are higher than ever. Trump’s ‘war’ with the media (and the facts) forces journalists to question their role 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

The show started with nothings, but with those nothings it always created stakes. “Bunheads” Adorable Nihilism 2012-07-17T14:22:00Z

The stakes are high for the struggling U.S. territory, which is grappling with a 16 percent unemployment rate, higher than any U.S. state. Puerto Rico basking in Hollywood spotlight 2010-11-19T15:19:00Z

In these games, the stakes are lowered to nearly imperceptible levels, eliminating the weight of responsibility involved in actual caretaking. The Slow-Game App Is the New Smoke Break 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

For actors, stepping into the sound booth can be high stakes. They Scream! We Scream! 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z

But it’s both much too much, when it comes to the acting, and not nearly enough in terms of story or stakes or reasons for being. Revisiting Childhood Wonder With Winnie the Pooh and Emmet Otter 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

But the novel fills in the outline drawn by the women, moving into the point of view of Faoud, a character for whom the stakes are the precise opposite of theoretical. Affluent Idlers Find a Just Cause in a Refugee Swept Ashore 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes may not be as high here, but the beloved cartoon is sure to entertain adults and children alike. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Cherish the Day’ and ‘For Life’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The clumsy foreshadowing notwithstanding, the scene’s anticlimactic nature exposes a fundamental paradox of the show: The stakes of the series’ very first scene were possibly too high, and thus desensitizing. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 6: Walk, Talk ... Duck! 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z

Younger family members may not comprehend the real-world consequences of restricting and outlawing abortion, and your experience taking on the risks of an illegal abortion may help them to understand the stakes. Perspective | Ask Amy: Married couple reflects on their illegal abortion 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z

Wilson deftly evokes the dramatic stakes, showing us the precariousness of Odysseus’s improvised plot, as well as the thrumming violence beneath. Review | The first English translation of ‘The Odyssey’ by a woman was worth the wait 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

It also illustrates how change is sometimes made possible not by raising the stakes and notoriety of an issue but rather by pulling the poppy down so it doesn’t get mowed. Why the Death Penalty Is Dying: A New Book Tells the Surprising Story 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

Those last two examples prove something I’ve long suspected: Family members often make the best editors, because they can speak most bluntly to authors, and they have the next-highest stakes. With a Little Help From Their Friends (and Agents and Librarians and Fact-Checkers ...) 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

Dropping the “I” may be routine in a diary, because the subject is always implied, but for Bridget it’s also a way to forget the stakes of her gloating and griping. Bridget Jones and the Millennial Workplace 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Also unaware of Scott’s addiction was his partner, Joe Englert, who owns stakes in 10 D.C. bars and restaurants, including 75 percent of the Argonaut. When you’re an addict but serving alcohol is in your job description 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Shepard stages his chases and crashes with élan, fills his supporting cast with colorful characters and generates genuine stakes and chemistry with Bell — unsurprising, since they’re longtime, offscreen partners. ‘The Trip to Greece,’ ‘Moonwalkers’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

The Office wasn’t political per se, but it was one of the first big comedies since Roseanne to present its characters with big stakes and to treat them seriously when it needed to. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z

The stakes go beyond the Modern to civic health. Critic’s Notebook: Defending the Former American Folk Art Museum Building 2013-05-12T20:36:47Z

The whole thing just lacked any real stakes. The Walking Dead: season 8, episode 12 recap – The Key 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z

Then, as in her first draft, the stakes escalated, “losing farther, losing faster,” and the losses mounted: my mother’s watch, three beloved houses, two cities, two rivers, a continent. Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

With each opportunity, the stakes are a little higher. We spent decades dreaming up the perfect female president. She doesn’t exist. 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

And the 1944 setting inflates the stakes, while too often ringing false. Movie Review: ‘War of the Buttons,’ Directed by Christophe Barratier 2012-10-12T01:42:43Z

If you remember very little about Pandora, here’s a refresher on the “Avatar” plot, the phenomenon it became and the stakes a sequel faces. Remember ‘Avatar’? Neither Do We. Catch Up Before the Sequel Arrives 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

But there’s action onstage: choreographic vignettes featuring the dynamo Maddie Ziegler, whose frenetic moves and flickering expressions ramp up the songs’ emotional stakes. Sia Furler, a Shy Woman Hiding Under a Big Wig 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

To work, that sort of stagily written melodrama needs stakes about which we truly care. Bateman's Stab at High Drama 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mendes raises the stakes and accelerates the plot, pushing Hilary and Stephen through a series of crises that weigh the movie down with earnest self-importance. ‘Empire of Light’ Review: They Found It at the Movies 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

But the stakes never rise past the movie’s first game. ‘The Night’ Review: Late Checkout 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

It was dangerous, but the stakes were high. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Weed this and reap 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

The stakes felt tempered as the expanded universe of werewolves, witches, ghosts, heretics and hybrids began to blur together. Better than Buffy? Spare a thought for the Vampire Diaries 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

If the stakes are too high, or one person is dominant, the partnership isn’t going to be much fun. Skipped your workout — again? An accountability partner can help you meet your fitness goals. 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

This may be a case where a little more violence would help make the stakes seem more real. Television Review: ‘The White Queen’ Has Its Premiere on Starz 2013-08-09T21:49:23Z

The stakes suddenly become much higher, and the suspense tightens after a relatively slow start. Review: In John Grisham’s ‘The Whistler,’ a Serious Woman and Serious Crime 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

The stakes in Harding’s “Bright Burning Things,” the Irish author’s U.S. debut, are stark and terrifying. From Blood and Phlegm to Alcohol and Defenestration, Novels of Heartache 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

Do you people have no interest in creating real stakes?? Who should live? Who should not? ‘Avengers: Endgame’ hot takes and predictions from The Seattle Times’ Marvel geeks 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

In the antiseptic atmosphere of the Senate hearing room, and under the lofty language of civility, the yelling protesters were often the sharpest reminder that the hearing had high stakes. Perspective | ‘Civility’ vs ‘hysteria’ at the Kavanaugh hearings, and what they truly mean 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mercifully for critics—if unfortunately for artists—the stakes are far lower now. The Music Critic in the Age of the Insta-Release 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

It spoils nothing to say that’s how American Crime wraps up its season too—not with a resolution but with an acknowledgment that the stakes the show has set up could never meaningfully get “resolved.” American Crime's Second Season Was the Perfect Antidote to Fuller House 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

But even as stakes escalate, Bush keeps the vibe ethereal and loose, as if afraid to taint his story's philosophical ruminations on scientifically enabled personality disintegration with the trappings of a pulse-pounding genre movie. 'Reconstruction of William Zero' compels with identity issues 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Even these stories themselves — their stakes and resonances — need no border. In Bryan Washington’s ‘Lot,’ Stories Reveal Houston’s Hidden Borders 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high for the American steakhouse in the age of COVID-19 as the restaurant industry continues to face losses. Lawry's The Prime Rib steakhouse to close Chicago location after 'year of incredible turmoil' 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

The stakes are higher, she said, because she has a lot more Twitter followers now than she did six weeks ago — 142,000 more to be exact. Even the Teen Vogue Writer Who Took on Trump Gets Stage Fright 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

Still, the stakes in this breakup are higher than most. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

We had made a stupid, rookie mistake, and the stakes were enormous. The Ben Bradlee we knew: Friend, fierce editor and a truth-seeker above all

Bond and Shaw are no slouches in the performance stakes, but they marry those skills to some of the sharpest, most imaginative new writing you'll find anywhere on the sketch scene. This week's new live comedy 2013-06-15T05:00:27Z

A Lift is a type of audition, but the stakes are your life role and pretty much your life. The comic book “Lazarus” is a frightening vision of where America could be headed 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

That bracing moment allows us to re-enter the world beyond the theater, where the stakes are high for political buffoonery, which suddenly seems less amusing than disgusting. Review: In ‘The Government Inspector,’ Dumb and Dumber, Deliciously 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Gibney maintains that the goal is getting the public to understand the stakes — not incite fear. Are computer viruses the future of war? A provocative new movie makes the case. 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

The Ukraine war is a culture war, and these are the stakes. Best Art Between the Covers of These Holidayx Books 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

But the older I got, the higher the stakes. My Mad Fat Diary: Rae Earl describes her childhood mental health issues 2013-01-21T08:00:02Z

Vlad was notorious for his cruelty, impaling Turks and thieves on wooden stakes, but he was no vampire and vampires are not part of Romanian superstition, which includes the belief that garlic wards off evil. Two to get comfy coffin for overnight stay in Dracula's castle 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

The next line also signals the stakes and the thematic motif of the film: "I don’t want any toy left behind." How "Toy Story" changed everything – in its first eight minutes 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

It’s a moment that’s meant to enhance character and raise emotional stakes, and the movie takes it seriously for maybe a minute and 45 seconds before Lawrence’s character starts making light of it. ‘Bad Boys for Life’ Review: In a Minivan, but Still Riding 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

In opera, with its dizzying ambitions, epic lead-times and viperish politics, the stakes are celestial — and the scale and complexity of the “Ring” ratchets everything up even further. The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

In these sex games, the rules are artificial but the stakes are real. Angelina Jolie Pitt’s “By the Sea” Is Personal and Daring 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Given the high stakes for Andrew, one question surrounding the civil suit is whether it will ever get to trial. Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z

Written by David Magee and directed by Rob Marshall, the movie ratchets up more than the family’s existential stakes. ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Review: A Truck Full of Sugar Can’t Make This Uplift Go Down 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

They make stakes out of the furniture and then head to the police station to persuade Kenya, the lone remaining deputy, to give up the stash of guns. RECAP: True Blood Watch: Lost and Found 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

Given that the series is ostensibly about the #MeToo movement, its stakes are bewilderingly low: the show’s main concern is whether a wealthy female presenter’s career will suffer because of her male colleague’s behaviour. Jennifer Aniston: 'A lot of guys are narcissists. They think every woman wants to sleep with them' 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

But beyond the sheer energy and cornucopia, the stakes in the field have shifted in ways that challenge Dakar and other exhibitions to do more. In Dakar, African Art Speaks in All Its Voices 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

With MoMA technicians due at the studio the following week to collect the works and take them to New York, the stakes were high. Wolfgang Tillmans: Older, Wiser, Cooler 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z

With the stakes higher than ever, the remaining teams have to serve refreshments to the knights of Malta in a topsy-turvy challenge. TV highlights: ‘Eat: The Story of Food’ premieres on National Geographic

The characters — good and bad — are complex, the stakes are high, the choices are a lot like Rick's in "Casablanca," where the greater good trumps the problems of the few in this crazy world. A new era of secrets and spies in Hollywood 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

There is no denying that the stakes are high. How the Elephant Became the Newest Celebrity Cause 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

Those stakes, however, appear also to have made the Golden Globes too big to fail. The Golden Globes Were Too Big to Fail 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

Because the bait stakes used to monitor termite activity are designed to attract termites, sticking several in the ground around the perimeter of your home probably will attract termites. Pest control services: Cost doesn’t mean quality 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

With a little foresight and planning, it’s easy to switch to Christmas tipples that punch above their weight in the flavour stakes but won’t knock you out in terms of booze content. Low-grog eggnog: Christmas cocktails that won't knock you out 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

It also recently gobbled up majority stakes in video game companies, including Finland's "Clash of Clans" maker Supercell and Japan's GungHo Online Entertainment. SoftBank Corp. investing $250 million in Legendary Entertainment 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

In that era, the alt-weekly was the medium most comfortable publishing writing with high stakes, open ears, indelible flair, infinite possibility. The Peerless Imagination of Greg Tate 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

In the best film stakes, no-one should underestimate The Social Network, which took the main prize at the Golden Globes this weekend. Baftas 2011: surprises and sure things 2011-01-18T15:15:13Z

In addition, they’ll also be courting companies who may be interested in taking on minority stakes of varying sizes. Vevo Looking to Restructure Ahead of Sale 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

You might be tempted to dismiss a show built on party-hard gossip as flimsy, but there are some stakes here. The heart of Schwartzness: The roots of the "Vanderpump Rules" Scandoval implosion run deep 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z

Laverne Cox: snubbed in the awards, but wins in the fashion stakes. Emmys 2015: winners and performances – as it happened 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

With the real-world stakes presently too high for comfort, the only laughs to be had are the bitter ones. From Charlie Chaplin to Jojo Rabbit: an unlikely history of Nazi comedies 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The stakes of Rome’s court politics ran far higher than ours, in that emperors served for life terms and could put to death those they deemed disloyal. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

“And though you’re exhausted and your whole body is screaming for you to give up and your nipples are chafing for some reason, the stakes are too high for any of us to stop.” John Oliver: ‘Maybe Brexit is a great idea. There’s absolutely nothing to suggest that’ 2019-02-10T05:00:00Z

Just as his lyrics have effortlessly avoided the cliched lexicon of rock'n'roll, so Gruff Rhys has upped the stakes of how to work with a band. This week's new live music 2013-02-16T06:00:00Z

On the other, Kim got away lightly in the parvenue stakes. Kim Kardashian, the Pink Panthers and the missing jewels 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

But there was a sense of stakes, of identity, of being on a team. Now that’s what I call desperate: Rock’s death-rattle will be captured on least-essential music compilation 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

Maybe part of the reason that I didn't work a lot in my 20s is mumblecore was king and being cool and having low stakes and minimalism – and I've never been good at that. "Mrs. Davis" star Betty Gilpin on her risk-taking acting style: "I like playing high stakes" 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z

Disappointingly, this shift from a relatively hard-core first half to a second bogged down by desultory dramatic beats significantly lowers the stakes. ‘Against the Ice’ Review: Snow Buddies 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Low stakes examples are mashed potatoes, chicken pot pie, macaroni and cheese, and bread pudding. What’s actually the difference between heavy cream and half-and-half? 2022-01-10T05:00:00Z

It’s white against blue and JoJo, of course, is the stakes. 'The Bachelorette' Watch: Chad, Interrupted 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

“The stakes were so high,” Strayer, 47, said. The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

Yet when the crash comes, the stakes feel low. Review: ‘Sunset, o639 Hours’ by BalletX at the Joyce Theater 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t totally succeed as dramatic reality television, but perhaps that’s to be expected given how high the stakes are, both for the transgender cause and for Ms. Jenner’s personal brand. Review: In ‘I Am Cait,’ Caitlyn Jenner Documents a Changing Self 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

The stakes of the film are simultaneously huge and small. ‘Sorry We Missed You’ Review: The Human Toll of That One-Click Buy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z

And creating cinematic tension has less to do with referencing current events than it does building a believable world with relatable characters that ups the stakes and heightens the experience. From John Carpenter to Slipknot's Clown: what scares the masters of horror? 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z

“I wanted to do something with the highest stakes as possible. Life and death.” ‘Barry’ Joins a Long Line of Sensitive Assassins 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

Below is a blow-by-blow analysis that illuminates the stakes for Ms. Carey and the producers. Mariah Carey and the Art of the Disaster 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z

But for scientists, the stakes were higher: If they published research the government did not endorse, they faced jail, exile or death. Paperback Row 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

The characters lack context, beyond the very occasional mention of a fiancé or child, and so their actions — which they always make outside of the isolation of this one living room — lack stakes. ‘Wish You Were Here’ Review: The Saga of Female Friendship 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z

Talking about being objectified is “really tricky,” he said, acknowledging that the experience is well known to many women in his industry, and can have higher stakes for them. Paul Mescal Has Been Working Things Out 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

In terms of stakes, energy and overall execution, "Booksmart" is the most successful of the three films. "Booksmart" and the art of losing control: A platonic rom-com's lessons cross generational lines 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

Abandoning herself to the ballet, she makes you feel its s high stakes and wrings out its tragic drama. Dance This Week: A ‘Swan Lake’ Must-See and a Yasuko Yokoshi Duet for Twins 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

"It can affect your career and your personal life. The stakes are quite high, and the culture is quite nuanced." Hollywood explores the virtues and evils of social media 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

For the country as a whole, the monetary stakes are not high, but issues of self-esteem are. Strikes Silence Italy?s Opera Houses 2010-05-04T23:05:00Z

With a roster filled with former D1 recruits and basketball stars vying for a spot in the ultra-competitive field, viewers are shown how adversity and personal pressure make the stakes that much higher. From Operation Varsity Blues to Michelle Obama's puppet show, here's what's new on Netflix in March 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z

Despite the tremendous stakes, none of the new episodes slog through the extensive complications introduced because the themes are very simple. It's impossible to tell where in the multiverse "Loki" is going. Thank the gods 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z

But despite the stakes, Chandler doesn’t seem too concerned. Kyle Chandler Isn't Ready to Ditch Coach Taylor Just Yet 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

For the record it was: “@JohnLithgow as Lear tonight: amazing. Shakespeare: not good. No stakes, not relatable. I think I’m realizing: Shakespeare sucks.” Ira Glass’ “Shakespeare sucks” redemption: Fixing TED talks, public radio, and dystopia for millennials 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

The stakes can’t be life or death because, well, the worst has already happened. Dead and loving it: why has TV become so obsessed with the afterlife? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

While presidential candidates face the same obstacles speaking in public as the rest of us, their stakes couldn’t be higher. These Trump and Clinton debate tactics will make you a better public speaker 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

With “America Pacifica” I was used to the built-in high stakes of a post-apocalyptic world where people were fighting to survive. “Brilliant and dangerous”: Anna North’s fictional Sophie Stark uses and discards people to make her vérité films 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z

My own immortality aside, the stakes surrounding polar bears were ratcheting up quickly. Polar bears just might outlive us all 2012-12-30T16:00:00Z

This was a hit, and pretty good, too, the kind of dramatic thriller you’d never see now: stakes that are low for a movie but enormous for real life. 2002: When the Rock Went Hollywood and Movie Stars Still Ruled 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z

But the stakes were higher than when I look for budget hotels and just look for something reasonably located and clean. In Sardinia, an Affordable Family-Run Farm Stay 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Still, the stakes are high for smaller-scale brands and fairs like Wanted Design. New Leadership for New York’s Design Festival 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

BERLIN, Germany — If it’s true, as the saying goes, that politics in academia are especially vicious because the stakes are so low, raising the ante doesn’t always seem to improve matters. Scientists revolt against one of Europe’s most ambitious research projects 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

For Mr. Damon the stakes are equally real, if more elusive. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z

Confidence in Putin’s complicity raised the stakes enormously, sparking debate within the Obama administration over whether to go on the offensive. How Generations of Russians Have Tried to Influence American Elections 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

But the indiscriminate piling on of do-or-die stakes serves to diffuse concern. Seeking the Elixir of Life Through High School Science Class 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because he is old school, Riggle involves himself in the construction of his gardens, whether it’s guiding crane operators or placing grading stakes for the earth-moving machines. Five decades after arriving in Georgetown, Gordon Riggle is still shaping its gardens 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

"Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a unique vantage point of all the players, all the stakes," said Jones in a statement. Duncan Jones to direct Ian Fleming biopic 2012-05-21T13:42:26Z

Yet Mr. Ponsoldt ably charts a journey through the high stakes of adolescence, with both Sutter and Mr. Teller showing great promise. Movie Review: In ‘The Spectacular Now,’ Growing Pains Precede Graduation 2013-08-01T21:23:20Z

He also happily stakes a claim to earlier British tradition and iconography. Review: Skepta Returns to the Rugged at Palisades and MoMA PS1 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

And in these microscopic towns without anything else going for them, the stakes felt astronomical. Dixville Notch and the midnight vote will not die without a fight 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

The stakes here are high: African American babies in Minnesota are twice as likely as white babies to die in their first year. The black midwives changing care for women of color – photo essay 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z

Alami leaves his camera long enough on his star for you to appreciate the unenviably high, unfair stakes of living this way. ‘The Charmer’ Review: Desperate Man Seeks Willing Lover. Watch Out. 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

The stakes for Raylan, Boyd and Ava are clear as day, as are their motivations, but I worry some of the murkiness on the sides is going to spill into and obscure the main plot. 'Justified: Dark as a Dungeon' recap: Who's on your side? 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

But there was also a sense of true dramatic stakes. Review: A Pianist’s Inheritance Inspires Little Masterpieces 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

The stakes could hardly be higher for the Met, which spent $16 million on its last “Ring,” directed by Robert Lepage. The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Perkins never lets us down, though, even when the stakes are high. Of Mice and Men 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z

It is difficult to say exactly how much “Tangled” cost to make because of its unusually long gestation, but the financial stakes are huge. Film: Disney Ties Lots of Hopes to Lots of Hair 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z

It raised the stakes for the story, letting the audience know that if a character as important as Hopper could die, no one was safe. Why "Stranger Things" should have let Hopper stay dead 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z

For anyone contemplating the purchase of a ticket, the stakes are quite a bit lower. Review: ‘Baywatch,’ a Romp Full of Surf, Sand and Lots of Skin 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

The stakes, as they are presented, are dramatic. Television Review: ‘Does Someone Have to Go?’ on Fox 2013-05-22T22:13:03Z

Really good graphic novels and graphic comics show up with drama and high stakes and what you're angry about and what you're trying to achieve. Bruce Willis likes it when he sees "RED" 2010-10-13T22:28:00Z

The Discovery channel stakes its claim in scripted-miniseries territory with this adaptation of Charlotte Gray’s novel “Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike.” Monday TV Picks: Miniseries ‘Klondike’ on Discovery 2014-01-17T18:27:29Z

Baranski expertly explores the cracks in Diane’s carefully curated facade without making her into a spectacle; the stakes at this point in her life may be even higher than those Maia faces. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: On the Other Side 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But that’s also this trilogy’s modus operandi: Its drama consists of adolescent trifles that never have real stakes, especially in the eyes of those who have left high school far behind. ‘To All the Boys: Always and Forever’ Review: Love Sweet Love 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

And she stakes a claim in his talent not taken by the Coppolas. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z

The stakes are low, but there is merit in the play's portrayal of the midwest. Bus Stop 2010-07-26T21:31:00Z

There are far fewer psychological stakes in reading about the history of genetics. Review: Siddhartha Mukherjee’s ‘The Gene,’ a Molecular Pursuit of the Self 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

The dramatist’s intent is achieved here for an intensifying of the modern ethical stakes — it’s an excellent version for school groups — and for broadening the comedy, too. Shylock goes to Washington in ‘District Merchants’ at Folger 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

Her parents, family and close friends were almost all Scientologists; the stakes for her were so much higher than for me. Actress Remini to publish memoir after leaving Scientology: source 2013-08-03T16:28:42Z

Adam’s tone here is typical: offhand, self-deprecating, and never claiming to take part in that which has political stakes or historical meaning. Baudelaire makes a comeback 2013-02-04T19:15:00Z

“Americanah” is less authoritative, because its stakes are lower and because Ifemelu’s sharp opinions are not accompanied by a strong, aggressive personality. Books of The Times: ‘Americanha,’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2013-05-19T20:26:59Z

Expect very little overlap with the Academy Awards, and much lower stakes. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘S.N.L.’ and the Kids’ Choice Awards 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

It’s the strange warping of reality familiar to many, whether you’re capturing a “candid” shot of your friends at the bar for Instagram or in the vastly heightened stakes of a migrant’s journey. Midnight Traveler: a powerful refugee documentary filmed on a phone 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

For many, the contrivance of the is-he-or-isn’t-he plot device insulted fans and subverted the show’s life-or-death stakes. ‘The Walking Dead’: Reacting to the Big Reveal, and Looking Ahead to Next Week 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

For these characters, the stakes are very high just getting through the day. Coming to the L.A. Times Festival of Books: Atticus Lish 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

“It seems as though there are a number of stories that have not yet made the headlines and may never – the stakes still feel too high for people.” Hollywood therapists on call '24-7' amid reckoning over sexual misconduct 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

“Part of the reason the doctor show is so indestructible is that the stakes are so high.” Modern Medicine, Circa 1900, in Soderbergh’s ‘The Knick’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

For Beth, abandoned first by her birth parents and then by her adoptive family, the stakes tower. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

In truth, its stakes were small compared to the problems physicians must confront today. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

“The stakes are just a lot higher,” she said. Are we in the final days of small farms? 2014-01-03T15:27:00Z

If there is any go-to uniform for a day when the stakes are especially high, it is now the simple aerodynamic dress. Women’s power dressing enters the enlightened era

What ensues is a deeply romantic adventure story with life-or-death stakes and strong, noble characters who fight for every bit of their hard-won happily ever after. Review | Here’s one way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: Read five of the most romantic romance novels 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

The stakes are high, and this story is an inspiring one. Total eclipse, Vermin on the Mount and 'The Outsiders' at 50 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Given the stakes, it’s no surprise that accounts of female victimization by men have recently been furiously countered by accounts of male victimization by women. In ‘A Star Is Born,’ Equality Is Deadly 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

In any case, the conversation is heating up and the stakes are rising. Fashion Begins to Speak Out About Dressing and Covering the Trumps 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z

But with this exhibition the stakes are much higher than a mere rendition of individual identity. Africa Style: With Freedom Came Fashion Flair 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z

Garlic and silver bullets seem a safer bet than Instagram for your White House tour; stakes too, though the ban on selfie sticks makes it doubtful they'd make it through security. In Austin Grossman's supernatural novel, 'Crooked,' Richard Nixon meets H.P. Lovecraft 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

It may turn out to be an inspired decision, but the stakes are enormously high and the risks great. Donna Rotunno: the ‘ultimate feminist’ lawyer leading Harvey Weinstein’s defense 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

Through this historical perspective, she frames the stakes of the next year, when abortion could grow even more prominent in the American discourse. Comedians Turn Their Attention to Abortion 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

It’s hypnotic, it’s upsetting, there are stakes, you still haven’t been blown away. In This Novel, America and the Weather Are Both Extreme 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z

Graffiti’s parameters developed with serious stakes, a kind of one-upmanship expressed through art. ‘I Have to Get That’: How Henry Chalfant Became a Graffiti Ambassador 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

Escape From the Werewolf Village, which the Real Escape Game brought to Webster Hall, did a better job of explaining the stakes: Solve these puzzles, or the villagers will be eaten by lycanthropes. In Escape Rooms, Video Games Meet Real Life 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Vox’s thorough analysis of the quagmire reveals a full rewiring of the moviegoing brain by removing the activity’s high stakes. The rise and fall of MoviePass: how 'Netflix for cinemas' fell apart 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z

We accept the acts as necessary for the creating of interesting characters, high-wire stakes or entertaining plots. In violent 'Stalker' on CBS, depravity seems to be the point 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

“The details are fascinating, but they can also be a diversion from the stakes,” Ms. Hodes said. For a Biography of John Wilkes Booth, Terry Alford Turns to Amateur Researchers 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

Saulnier gambled his career and much of his own money on that film, and although “Green Room” doesn’t have the same personal stakes, it has no trouble summoning the same urgency and old-school genre chops. How D.C. punk influenced one of the year’s most anticipated horror movies 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Both reviews also commented on the "low stakes" feel of the album, as have other critics. How Harry Styles' Grammys speech made Beyoncé's Album of the Year loss worse 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

These and other examples of bias indicate “considerable variance” in officiating across conferences, the study concludes, even as the monetary stakes mushroom with college football’s new four-team playoff. Proof That College Football Refs Are Riddled With Bias 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

And it’s clear this is not just about building emotional stakes in the film. How ‘Black Panther’ Builds Complex Characters From the Politics of Colonization 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

A disturbing #MeToo-type episode underlines the stakes, but Wink’s female characters are so underdeveloped that it fails to be the defining moment it was clearly intended to be. What Wins in the Heartland, Machismo or Intellect? 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

The best action sequences are free of exposition, with stakes that are established in advance or, better still, self-evident. The Script Secrets of Gillian Flynn, John Krasinski, Barry Jenkins and Christopher McQuarrie 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The stakes are really raised, and they realize they have feelings for one another and that there’s this obstacle now between everything that they’ve worked for. Simone Ashley Didn’t Think Those Scenes Were Awkward 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

“I’m trying to make sure people understand the urgency we have in front of us, how high the stakes are,” he says. “The Circus” host calls Steve Bannon’s propaganda film “a cinematic reach-around” 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

At the concert, the stakes got even higher. Bonding Over a Love of Cat Power and Senior Dogs 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

They are used to competing against each other, but the stakes get higher when an athletic-shoe company creates an international contest to find the world’s fastest kid. KidsPost Summer Book Club: ‘True Friends’ 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z

True, the stakes have been declining since the age of Homer, when Helen’s flight with Paris resulted in a 10-year war, the fall of a city-state and, on the upside, the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey.” A Young Wife Toys With Adultery 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z

Given the high stakes, and the personalities in play, Monday night is sure to be thoroughly critiqued — both afterward and, in this multi-screen age, right while it’s happening. Why you should watch Monday’s debate — even if you’ve made up your mind 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

If only Lewis did not have the taste for comedy, he might have come to match Frank in the singing stakes. Jerry Lewis: a knockabout clown with a dark and melancholy inner life | Peter Bradshaw 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

And to raise the stakes even more, check out the track record of recent-vintage network series that dared to go live. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z

But on one wall, opposite the entrance, is a diptych that makes the bodily reality and pitched stakes of abortion viscerally clear. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

There is, however, no edge of consequence, no real sense of stakes. Nick Hornby's 'Funny Girl' traces the road to stardom 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Callbacks to past plotlines assisted in that regard as well, especially in terms of conveying the higher stakes and vaster scope now at play. "Game of Thrones" recap: It's a reunion! The dying can start any day now 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

While glitches often happen in new productions that rely heavily on technology, worries were especially acute, given the immensity of the set and the high stakes that come with a new “Ring” production. The Gods Are Stranded as Set Misfires 2010-09-28T22:00:00Z

What was left was an operatic RedZone: the highest stakes, the highest notes — we’re talking up to E flat or F over C — over and over, in dizzying profusion. Review: Two Tenors. Many, Many High Notes. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

When the stakes are low and everything is a goof, it all melds into an aesthetically indifferent cocktail. Review: ‘Readymade Cabaret 2.0’ Brings Randomness to Virtual Theater 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

In a conversation like this the stakes are so high that the largest reasons for having children – love, hope – can be dismissed in an inch of ink. Having kids increases global warming. But don’t blame the parents… 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

But, Richardson grabbed hold of the jar and yanked it back as the pair began a high stakes tug of war through the plexiglass divider. Subway employee thwarts robbery at Pennsylvania shop, video shows: ‘I will learn from this experience' 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

Perspectives are rooted in pungent personalities, and as antagonisms threaten to wreak irreparable damage, the emotional stakes rise. 'Disgraced' at the Taper: Islam, America and the cloudy prism of perception 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

The stakes are even higher in his operas, especially the so-called Portrait Trilogy of “Einstein on the Beach,” “Satyagraha” and “Akhnaten” — which, 35 years after its premiere, is arriving at the Metropolitan Opera this month. Body Wax and Karate Chops: How to Stage a Philip Glass Opera 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

It is, often, about representation in blockbusters, about equity and ownership stakes—an infiltration of the mainstream, not a disruption of it. In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

But they’re owed at least the same kind of urgency and feeling of real stakes that “Is it Any Wonder?” or “Somewhere Only We Know” both carried. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z

When I get enough confidence of something, I will try it in a low stakes performance. Joshua Jay explain how magicians think — without ruining the magic 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z

Instead, seasons 2 and 3 of “House of Cards” have had minimal to no narrative stakes, because the house of Underwood always wins. The KKK, a brokered convention and cybersecurity — sound familiar?: 5 ways the new “House of Cards” hits close to home 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z

But she was the mother of Jesus Christ, so the stakes seemed somewhat higher. Colm Tóibín’s ‘Nora Webster’: A masterful portrait of a grieving woman finding herself

That all-in-good-fun status quo can no longer stand, not when the stakes for the American people include the gutting of healthcare or the looming possibility of nuclear war. How late-night comedy went from political to politicized 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

The “extraordinary beauty” of Mozambique and its beaches, the sense of life as “miraculous and brief” moved her, made the stakes seem higher. Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

Above all, the rent and the stakes are lower there than in New York. Chicago and Jazz at Play, Ideally 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Their clash claims the survival of the natural world as its stakes, an analog for the eternal push and pull between our better angels and the darker sides of ourselves. From tragic to magic: what's the best Disney remake so far? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high and it needs to deliver. Sophomore slump: can Westworld avoid a poor second season? 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

This he follows with a swift mea culpa: he can rival the worst of them in the insufferability stakes. Rufus Sewell: 'I've never played a vampire before' 2012-06-14T19:00:04Z

She believes that the stakes are so high, that if she fails during this period, she will be a failure. ‘Dear Me’: A Novelist Writes to Her Future Self 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Among the succulents and roses, security and video surveillance signs bloom on stakes. Los Angeles, as a Pedestrian 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

This put the human stakes directly in her thoughts — reminding her that this isn’t a game. Tiona Nekkia McClodden Is Not Running Away 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

The stakes are even higher than those in the Sony attack. ‘Blackhat,’ Michael Mann’s Cyberthriller 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

The stress of this brutal interrogation, with its high stakes, got to me. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: When a medical emergency brings out your inner Charlie Chaplin 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

In the beauty-and-the-beast stakes, however, it has been forever usurped by The Phantom of the Opera. Quasimodo – review 2013-03-25T18:32:00Z

These wrenching stories humanize the stakes of a health initiative that found itself and its employees at risk from a toxic mix of politics, propaganda and terrorism. Review: ‘Every Last Child,’ a Front-Line View of the Polio Crisis in Pakistan 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z

The nicely elliptical arc lowers the stakes considerably by giving away the ending in the opening scene. 'Road to Juarez' gets lost on its journey 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Academics used to joke that campus politics were so vicious because the stakes were so small. Review: ‘Starving the Beast’ Traces the Burdens of Higher Education Defunding 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Parks’s 1949 photo of a woman at a roulette table in Puerto Rico dramatizes the stakes: The wheel spins. Review | A National Gallery show examines Gordon Parks’s early years 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

Lastly, make sure to have heavy cotton twine ready so you can tie branches to your supporting stakes or trellis while you are pruning. How to prune tomato plants like you know what you’re doing 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

Raising the stakes and seeking to seize back control of the debate, the said Obama would address the nation at 9 p.m. Obama to address nation on debt deadlock 2011-07-25T20:58:00Z

“In the wake of the election, everything felt high stakes, and people were very careful about the positions they were taking,” Ms. Barrow said. The Drift Wants You to ‘Examine Your Ideas’ 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z

Their mythopoetics and realpolitik compel listeners from song to song, transporting us to a place where stakes are higher, money is faster, and possibilities are at once limited and infinite. The Controversial Use of Rap Lyrics as Evidence 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

The stakes are smaller, and people are less likely to be grievously wounded. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z

So while the single-shot stakes of a standardized exam is particularly ill suited for Worrier genotypes, this doesn’t mean that they should be shielded from all challenge. Motherlode Blog: Was Your Child Born to Take Tests, or Born to Panic? 2013-02-06T18:21:36Z

Ultimately, despite Stevenson’s efforts to raise the stakes, Agee’s story seems less about moral risk-taking or the wages of dissent than about what might be called the banality of betrayal. Do Whistle-Blowers Damage National Security? 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

The film’s stakes appear to be low, at first, and you might wonder if McDonagh wanted a more intimate canvas after making his last movie, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Venice: Could ‘Banshees’ Be Colin Farrell’s Oscar Breakthrough? 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

It is the way in which the unraveling of Zack and Abby’s bond falls back on the conventions of suspense, in an effort to intensify the stakes. Amy Herzog’s ‘Belleville’ is strong on atmosphere but short on plot

I think we upped the stakes for how fast TV can move. “The Simpsons” writer Mike Reiss: “The Trump years have been a shot in the arm for the show” 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Over on Fox's "Flirty Dancing," the stakes are much lower but the footwork much fancier. From "Love Is Blind" to "The Circle," the new breed of reality TV reformulates how we connect 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Afterward, the producer says things like “awfully smart” and “timely” and “the stakes feel real and personal.” One Writer’s Diary for Television Pitch Season 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

Both publications were trying to influence public opinion at a time when the ideological and geopolitical stakes felt frighteningly high. Perspective | Gordon Parks went back to Rio to save a boy’s life. What happened next was a lot more complicated. 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

It required a bit of a balancing act with regard to stakes and the characters’ motives. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

The reputational stakes are high, since many plan to bequeath their lucrative businesses to their children. "Uncut Gems" celebrates Manhattan’s Diamond District, a neighborhood that’s a window into the past 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

Using information from win-loss responses to average stakes, total spending and gambling frequency, Bwin has conducted trials of the algorithm on one of its websites since September. Gambling companies step up efforts to sway addiction debate 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

In Season 2, we’re digging much more heavily into the mythology and our characters are experiencing higher stakes, tenser situations and, in a few instances, more menacing villains. Disney's 'Gravity Falls' Creator on How to Create a Show for All Ages 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

“What Christopher Nolan did with Batman became more about these grounded, emotional journeys and stakes.” ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Beats and the Universe of ‘Dune’: What ‘Arcane’ Is Made of 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z

The only problem is that the movie doesn’t supplement its lack of stakes with style or substance. ‘The Outside Story’ Review: Brooklyn as No One Has Ever Known It 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Like many of the stories in this collection, it suffers from a near-total absence of stakes. Reliably Unreliable Men, Unlikely to Improve Their Lot 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Given how high the stakes are in SundanceTV’s new Middle Eastern-politics series “The Honorable Woman,” the show owes itself a little more bonkers. Sundance’s “The Honorable Woman” takes on the Middle East–but manages to sap it of drama 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

New York’s cooler, the stakes are a little higher. Glee Remixes the Formula for Season 4 — and Slushies Itself In The Face 2012-08-30T12:00:04Z

High stakes had finally returned to the sleepy British period drama. Downton Abbey Watch: Drama and then Somme 2012-01-09T14:30:05Z

But while “The Social Network” implies that Zuckerberg was brought low by the dizzying stakes of the start-up scene, these shows suggest that some people are drawn to that scene because they are ruthless egomaniacs. Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

This is a skill that is, perhaps, more high stakes now than ever, given this highly fraught cultural moment, as fashion begins to grapple with its own history of racism. Matthew Williams, Collaborator of Kanye West and Lady Gaga, Is Givenchy’s New Designer 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

"Thankfully the first ladies did not duel in the fashion stakes with Margarita Zavala playing down the glitz and keeping to simple good mannerly lines, allowing Michelle to shine," said Graham. First lady surprises designer with choice of gown 2010-05-20T17:10:00Z

All of which raises the stakes for whoever replaces Mr. Vaccarello at Versus, as well as for Ms. Versace to continue her winning streak. Anthony Vaccarello Leaves Versus Versace; Yves Saint Laurent Announcement Expected Soon 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z

The characters’ paths cross, but the stakes of the story depend less on what happens between them than on the randomness and force of war’s trajectory. ‘In the Wolf’s Mouth,’ by Adam Foulds

Leaning into that, and not rushing past the aftermath, would give the new series stakes. How to Save ‘The Conners’ from Roseanne 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

The claim this decision stakes on the imagined West is discreet but powerful. Immerse yourself in Percival Everett's 'Half an Inch of Water' and Joanna Walsh's 'Vertigo' 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

They decided to explore the effect of a separation on a more mature relationship because the stakes were higher. In '10,000 Km,' director Carlos Marques-Marcet goes the distance to explore cracks in long-distance relationship 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

The zombie finale was sufficiently dazzling, and it was preceded by, at very long last, an episode that set up the stakes and the players' methods in a manner that did more than hypothetical dithering. A Thrilling 'Game of Thrones' Finale Sets Up a Bold New Story 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

The brothers said they didn’t think twice about their celebrity images as they shifted from entertainment to real-life concerns with high stakes. Actor brothers take center stage in Serbia’s street protests 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z

This time around he is taking over Bethesda Terrace, also in Central Park, and presumably the stakes have been raised. The Fashion Circus Is Coming. Here’s a Cheat’s Guide. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes may not be very high compared with some of the entries on this list, but the dude sure makes it seem as if they are. On TV, a Near Epidemic of Frowns and Clenched Jaws 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

But more than that, the case is shown as having very real stakes for everyone. HBO's true crime series finale reveals the FBI informant in a real-life twist that is truly stranger 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, the only clear-cut winners in the high stakes assessment game are publishers like Pearson, which two years ago won a $32 million contract to write the tests. Testing is killing learning 2013-04-18T15:40:00Z

The tension explodes into violence, and Paul stakes everything on a terrifying plan. The Big Picture ? review 2011-07-21T21:00:03Z

Buck raised the stakes further with mallets, Swanton moved to the bass's top register, and the sound built to a roar and then faded. The Necks 2010-06-29T22:00:00Z

This is more than a failure of political insight: the emotional stakes in this production are so wanly drawn that audience members were still laughing at the superstitious Puritans in the third act. The Crucible – review 2013-06-28T00:38:00Z

The bookings come at a time when the No. 2 “G.M.A.” is edging closer to No. 1 “Today” in the morning show competition, upping the stakes in a long-running war between the two shows. Media Decoder: Palin and Couric Have Their Morning Showdown. No Blows Landed. 2012-04-03T16:15:41Z

Now the choreography of the streets has taken on higher stakes. How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

In Kennedy’s case, the stakes are more straightforward. A Novel Imagines the Fate of Twin Sisters, One Passing for White 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

Look, in the big scheme of the world that we’re in right now, the stakes are low. Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Despite the grim stakes that are implied by Eschaton, Mr. Meloy said there was “almost a ‘Looney Tunes’ aspect” to the “Calamity Song” video. Video Is Born From a Favorite Book and Band 2011-08-22T14:22:54Z

Trying out some powered roller stakes, Ross moved like a penguin on velcro, but saved energy by recycling several crass double entendres. Rewind TV: Last Tango in Halifax; Homeland; The Aristocrats: Blenheim Palace; Gadget Man; Supersized Earth – review 2012-11-25T00:05:39Z

But there are times, Michael Jackson’s sudden death in 2009 being one example, when they’re not as prepared and both the stakes and the pressure are ramped up. Review: ‘Obit’ Follows the Team That Writes Death Notices for The Times 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z

The political arena "raised the stakes," a relaxed and jocular Clooney said, but the questions the film poses reside in many areas of life. George Clooney rules out political bid in US 2011-08-31T19:46:03Z

It’s always the same time and date — like “Groundhog Day,” with much higher stakes. Review: In ‘11.22.63,’ an Appointment in Dallas 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

Not that this film doesn’t have stakes, but the first film’s themes were quite serious. Matt Bomer on Magic Mike XXL: It's All About Strong Female Characters 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

But a recent blistering joke by Mr. Buress about Mr. Cosby raised the stakes, providing a charged backdrop for their shows on back-to-back nights this weekend. Bill Cosby and Many Others Hit the New York Comedy Festival 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

Moss’s full-bore performance — anchored by her extraordinarily supple face — gives the movie its emotional stakes. ‘The Invisible Man’ Review: Gaslight Nation, Domestic Edition 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

I wanted readers to see that because I wanted them to understand how I was seeing his story as this almost like Odysseus putting the stakes in the giant, that kind of battle. "Why Fish Don't Exist" explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z

By the time the stakes do achieve life-or-death heights, the novel has forced itself into an awkward stance of violence and suspense that doesn’t entirely fit with its crumpled class notes and teenage self-importance. Review | Can a thriller also be a feminist social critique? Lisa Lutz gives it a try in ‘The Swallows’ 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

In all these instances, factual events are used not just to render the stories current but also to make them more resonant; the stakes are raised by what we see in the world around us. Books of The Times: ‘The Intercept,’ Dick Wolf’s First Novel 2013-01-10T19:26:43Z

The stakes, which somehow involve the fate of a Hollywood studio as well as the lives of motley strivers and schemers, seem trivial. ‘Marlowe’ Review: The Adventures of a Worn-Out Gumshoe 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

He doesn’t stay there for long, though, upping the stakes on “II Pink Lines,” about being committed to two people, not one. 2010-02-15T01:32:00Z

With sleep, though, the stakes are mercilessly high. Perspective | The Boppy recall is a reminder that there are no easy answers to baby sleep 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

The show gives him a dramatic hero’s goodbye, tying a bow on an arc that was growing stale and elevating the stakes of Keane’s presidency for Carrie. Surprise! The twists in the “Homeland” season 6 finale pay off 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

“There are tremendous, tremendous emotional stakes,” says Greif, “which give all of the characters something to sing about.” Their songs and their names will linger in your ears: Pasek and Paul and 'Dear Evan Hansen' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Girls tests the bounds of likability while Orange Is the New Black raises the stakes by placing its characters in sometimes deadly situations. In Praise of This Summer's 'Complicated Women' 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Their secret psychological war is evidence that the show is taking on a life apart from its superstar lead; the stakes are raised precisely because Kirkman is kept in the dark. ‘Designated Survivor’ Season 1, Episode 7: Whac-a-Mole 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

The second season, we wrote a script before the election and then rewrote the whole script after because it was a very different world, with very different stakes. How the web series “The Feels” gets oversharing and bisexuality right 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z

Some Western clothing brands recognize the high stakes. Chinese students sport Nike in turnout at 'gaokao' exam 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

We need history, he insists in his introduction, to give us interpretive guideposts — “wooden stakes marking a road through heavy snow.” Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z

An early heroic death sets the sober mood and stakes while gently re-establishing the franchise’s new commitment to diversifying the overall picture. ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Embraces the Magic and Mystery. Read Our Review. 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Chidi was a philosophy professor obsessed with ethics but paralyzed by indecision, continuously caught between the ethical quandaries presented by life's low stakes, banal choices. "The Good Place" tenderly approaches the final answer in its midseason finale 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

For “UnREAL,” coming off an intense first season, the stakes were high, and it’s understandable to anyone who saw it that the creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro would be worried about duplicating its claustrophobia. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 6: Breakdown 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z

Gui meticulously recorded his expenses, like the wood, stakes, ropes and manpower required for burning four heretics. Books of The Times: ?God?s Jury? by Cullen Murphy - Review 2012-01-18T22:38:44Z

On June 29 the most sought-after tenor in opera stakes his claim to one of its most daunting roles, headlining a new production at Munich’s Bavarian State Opera directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski. Tenor Jonas Kaufmann takes on Tristan, opera’s voice killer 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

This defeat turns New Directions into true underdogs again, and raises the stakes for next season. "Glee's" utterly charming season finale 2011-05-25T08:26:00Z

Many of TV’s best, most ambitious recent series — “Transparent,” “Getting On,” the new “Atlanta” — are comedies that share the themes and stakes of drama. Review: Have You Heard the One About the Grieving Daughter? 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Considering what the stakes are, we can’t afford to just sit back and assume the candidates you intend to vote for will be victorious. What I experienced when I went out to register voters in Pennsylvania 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Granted, the stakes are vastly different in their battles, as Gaddafi's detractors are losing their lives, while Sheen's network bosses are just losing buckets of money. Who said it: Charlie Sheen or Muamar Gaddafi? 2011-02-26T00:48:38Z

But this time, the stakes are as high as they can possibly be. The kids are all wrong 2012-05-29T15:20:00Z

The stakes are high and peace uneasy between Attolia and neighboring nations. A new book by Lemony Snicket and other best books for young readers this month 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

For GoldieBlox, the stakes in creating a video for this holiday season were even higher. GoldieBlox Tries to Prove Itself — This Time Without the Beastie Boys 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

There’s enough chemistry between Sam and Diane to underpin the requisite emotional stakes. Sitcoms that should and shouldn't be turned into Broadway musicals 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The idea that social media might somehow change that dynamic was naive, because neither the needs nor the stakes change. Pew Study: Why Don't You Speak Your Mind On Facebook (or Twitter)? 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

In “Succession,” the stakes are grave, but the characters approach them with flippancy; in “Gemstones,” the circumstances are absurd, but the characters take them incredibly seriously. Miss ‘Succession’ Already? Here’s What to Watch Next 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z

Then, as now, celebrities set the tone in the fashion stakes, and nobody was more A-list than the Emperor of France. A Glimpse Inside the Workshops of the World’s Finest Panama Hat Makers 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

That may be deliberate, a textual match to Buddug James Jones’s abstract set, whose only props are a few tables and a scattering of chairs, but it leaves us unsure of the stakes. Review: A Welsh Family Clings to Native Soil in ‘The Good Earth’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

At its best, “Arrivals” offers the feeling of witnessing arguments or conversations between artists across place and time — and it makes you understand the stakes of those conversations. The Much-Vaunted American Melting Pot, Cracks and All 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

Haygood wisely avoids getting mired in legal jargon in a richly textured account that brings to life the political and cultural stakes involved in this confirmation fight. Wil Haygood's 'Showdown' explores Thurgood Marshall's Supreme Court nomination fight 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

For an atheist like Lucky, the stakes are so much higher. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

But we’re seeing some real edge as well: The protective armor of irony is gone and there are real stakes here. Is Bill Murray’s brilliance back? “Rock the Kasbah” could break him out of his brooding on-screen funk 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

So the stakes are really high when you’re in a fitting room with an actor trying to explore the tween ages. Theater’s Latest Prompt: Don’t Act Your Age! 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Suddenly the play becomes frightening, the stakes more immediate. Review: ‘Becky Nurse of Salem’ Brings the Witches but Forgets the Magic 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

But when a book is viewed by so many as holy, and when millions of people consider it the word of God, the stakes are much higher. What can we learn from translations of the Bible? 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z

It is fascinating that the self-important urgency of a Hollywood movie set can be translated to a disaster zone, but think about it, Penn says: “It’s the same business, the stakes are higher.” Sean Penn: ‘Some of my best laughs have come out of the worst reviews’ 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high for studio Fox Searchlight, which bought the movie in the midst of the controversy over lack of diversity in Hollywood that prompted the resurgence earlier this year of #OscarsSoWhite. 'Birth of a Nation' confronts America's racial past and present 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

But you have to pick a side, because the stakes couldn't be higher for either of them. Bloom v Bieber: history's most pathetic celebrity scuffle 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Witt countered that the cold war, with its deadly nuclear stakes, temporarily suppressed concern with the laws of war. ‘Lincoln’s Code,’ by John Fabian Witt 2012-10-10T21:53:50Z

To be a rebel in a Welsh village in the late 19th century is one thing; the stakes of rebellion are automatically higher, and more far-reaching, in South Africa in the 1980s. Theater Review: Athol Fugard’s ‘My Children! My Africa!’ at Signature Center 2012-05-25T02:00:01Z

What if the stakes were life or death? Four Wall Street Bankers Are Stuck in an Elevator — and It’s No Joke 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z

But this raises the stakes, and, despite Hahn’s able translation, the results are mixed. Contemporary Brazil, Captured in Two Novels and a Journalist’s Collection 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

Use the interlude to assemble growing cages or stakes. Why manure rules in the garden 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

This both heightens and broadens their appeal, and raises the stakes. Assessing Tom Brady’s Stock in the Fashion World 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z

She just lets examples from her reporting clarify the challenges and the stakes. Review | Raising a boy in 2020 is tough. Three new books aimed at fathers offer some guidance. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

It’s not just because the stakes in this novel are so much smaller. Book Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling 2012-09-27T05:00:00Z

It is high stakes: if they’re dropped, a fall of a foot can kill them. 'Make sure they don't eat the set!' Movie animal trainers' tips 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

That was true during his three terms as New York mayor; it wasn’t good then either, but the stakes are far higher now. Perspective | Mike Bloomberg just stabbed the journalistic heart of his news organization 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z

For low-income expectant mothers and their infants, the stakes are so much higher. Doulas can coach low-income women on childbirth 2013-03-17T15:00:00Z

Despite the supposed high stakes of this mission, this is the first sense of any real urgency in “The Aeronauts,” and it’s thrilling. Amazon’s gorgeous hot-air balloon movie “The Aeronauts” has lofty goals but is afraid of heights 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

And you can begin to feel that you can get away with anything, or that the stakes are not as high as you think they are. Funk was the black answer to “Star Wars”: Take the trip with “Tales From the Tour Bus” 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

But by now we know the stakes, because we know precisely who Walt is. Breaking Bad Watch: I Am the One Who Gets Knocked Out 2013-08-12T02:05:24Z

And, since our own bodies weren’t put on the line by a draft, the personal stakes were admittedly abstract to those of us who did not enlist to fight. New York’s Climate Strike and the Things That Make Teen-Agers March 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Quickly the stakes rise, as Melisande and her friends stumble upon warring politics, ambitions and agendas. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

The stakes, it would seem, are high for Tom: grow up or crack up. “The Verificationist”: Donald Antrim’s unsung masterpiece 2012-06-17T16:00:00Z

“Boys” was so risky and outrageous, you feel there is this very dangerous game being played where the stakes are high, the tensions are very real. ?The Band? Helped Writers Find Their Beat 2010-03-03T00:15:00Z

So maybe the stakes are more modest – control of a quaint northern transport museum, rather than a quaint northern European country. Last night's TV 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z

It does, at least, convey the urgency of the march toward war that gives the opera its stakes. Review: A Blunt New ‘Lohengrin’ at the Met Stars a Shining Knight 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z

"And now the stakes are suddenly much more real." Superstorm moves film from theoretical to concrete 2012-11-22T19:16:04Z

Take the time to dig and enrich the beds where the dahlias will be grown and to assemble the stakes that larger varieties will need. The hungry gap: For gardeners, spring is more about sowing than reaping 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

But writing like this means that the next time you play the story, the stakes need to be higher, the consequences bigger. Death by boldness: has Scandal got itself in a crisis even Olivia Pope couldn't fix? 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

It’s a relief when the six weeks runs out and the story steams ahead again, taking unexpected turns and raising the stakes for everyone. A Novel Based on the True Story of a Con Man and His Ghostwriter 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

And so, in the autumn of 2010, he tendered his resignation as Barack Obama’s White House chief of staff, pulled up stakes and headed home to run for mayor of Chicago. Can Cities Save America? 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

“The stakes were higher for him, because the price of failure is imprisonment and execution. Eli Cohen was, in that sense, the greatest method actor of the last century.” Sacha Baron Cohen Plays It Straight in ‘The Spy’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

The actual baseball playing is vague and mostly in montage, and the usually obvious rhythm and built-in stakes of a sports season are not present. Review: ‘A League of Their Own’ Broadens the Field 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

The stakes were impossibly high, Fischer writes: “No human experience, from the most benign to the most momentous, would again need to be lost to history.” 12 New Books Coming in April 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

As opposed to other stories of start-ups that have failed, the stakes for this were so high. The Women of ‘The Dropout’ Want to Humanize Elizabeth Holmes 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z

Maxima and her Australian-born Danish counterpart Crown Princess Mary got a head-start in the popularity stakes by mastering the tricky language of their new homeland. Kate can get a princess tips from Dutch royal 2011-05-04T13:59:26Z

Yet the stakes are so high that this murkiness about her task — Is she an investigative journalist or a memoirist? Her Town Depended on the Mill. Was It Also Making the Residents Sick? 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

Some muffled dialogue by cast members clouds our introduction to the world, but the background and stakes of the characters are clarified in the systematic manner of a Lillian Hellman drama. In 'Head of Passes,' a mother comes to terms with a storm, a secret and God 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z

True, the emotional stakes slowly rise as the evening delves deeper into personal territory, and we sense roiling currents of envy beneath the friendly banter. ‘Winners and Losers’ at Soho Rep 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

To work as a walk-on-the-wild-side drama, the series needs a sense of stakes, that bad things can happen and that characters can come to bad ends. Review: ‘Good Girls’ Offers Equal Time for Antiheroines 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z

In an industry where youth often translates to profit, the show stakes out an audience far from the 18- to 34-year-old spectrum that advertisers and television executives typically crave. You?re Not Getting Older; You?re Becoming a Target Audience 2011-06-26T19:32:25Z

These are unexpectedly high stakes but, like the love-struck misfits they play, the stars of “WandaVision” see them as reasons to be more understanding of each other, snot and all. Marvel’s Latest Frontier? In ‘WandaVision,’ It’s the Suburbs 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

In this show, the stakes are so high it puts so much pressure on the relationship. 'The Americans': Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell talk spies, relationships 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The Evers assassination becomes a piece of historical atmosphere in "The Help" -- a means of raising the stakes, as hack screenwriters love to say, for plucky Skeeter and her interviewees. Why Hollywood keeps whitewashing the past 2011-08-12T15:20:00Z

On occasion ugly, often difficult, and utterly real, these quasi-autobiographies feel like high-wire storytelling without the safety net of metaphor or allegory – and with all the danger and immediacy of stakes the comparison implies. Facing facts: how memoir movies are finally showing the ugly truth 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

In that context, she raised the stakes herself. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Do you feel the stakes are particularly high because this is your directorial debut? ArtsBeat: The Animated Life of Seth MacFarlane, From 'Family Guy' to 'Ted' 2012-06-19T14:00:19Z

The game show achieved a level of drama he’d never before seen on British TV, he said, by making ordinary people play for high stakes. How ‘Quiz,’ a Drama About Coughing, Captivated Lockdown Britain 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel especially complicated or textured until it’s almost finished: Like Jewell himself, you may struggle to comprehend the implications of what is happening, and to grasp the stakes. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

Such videos feed our culture’s demand for art shaped by politics in today’s antagonistic environment, where the stakes feel particularly high for both sides of every culture war. How the end of the MTV era led to a music video renaissance 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z

All the tomatoes in this story need the support of cages, stakes, or trellises to keep their vines growing up and off the ground. Grow Tiny, Tasty Tomatoes 2010-03-11T20:36:00Z

The heightened political sensitivity around an expected Hillary Clinton presidential bid was bound to only raise the stakes even further.  Martin Scorsese documentary on President Clinton stalled 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

The men’s camaraderie and choreography announce their professionalism while the guns and money telegraph the stakes. Review: In ‘Triple 9,’ an Appealing Cast Can’t Rise Above the Violence 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

If there’s a problem, it’s that the good humor has the effect of lowering the film’s dramatic stakes, and risks turning its cultural reference points into cartoons. ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Review: Eddie Murphy, Raw and Cooking 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

It was lower stakes because there were fewer outdoor productions and less equipment involved. This Summer’s Dance MVP: The Weatherman 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

“Do You Know Where You’re Going To,” another No. 1 hit, raised the age bar from fretful teen to disillusioned adult, and the stakes from failed romance to existential chill. Remembering Gerry Goffin, the '60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

It is the context; it provides the stakes. In Letters to the World, a New Wave of Memoirs Draws on the Intimate 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

It may excite those involved but it doesn't help national morale to remind us that, where nuclear material is concerned, the stakes are terrifyingly high. Is a catchy title really the best means of safeguarding nuclear security? 2010-12-19T00:06:14Z

Hannah manages to keep all this from getting too repetitive by steadily raising the stakes. A Troubled Dad Takes His Family Into the Wild 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

That sort of changed my life in a way because it was real — real access and real stakes. "The Most Dangerous Animal of All" asks what if your dad was the Zodiac Killer? 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

Most serious shows feel the need to raise the stakes of employment to matters of life and death. Thrills More Boardroom Than Bedroom 2010-10-14T21:27:00Z

The stakes are suddenly sky-high for the young film school graduates who put together the 11-minute animation on a tiny budget. Film school graduates take on might of Disney in the race for Oscar glory 2013-02-17T00:09:01Z

Those nannies are in very different situations, and the stakes are so much higher for them. Kiley Reid’s Novel Is About Race and Class and Other People’s Children 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z

The stakes of such a shift are high. Front Row: The New Designers at Marc by Marc Jacobs, Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley, Look to the Past for Inspiration 2014-02-12T22:48:03Z

But an earthshaking early chorus that tries to establish the high stakes of Marnie’s endless escapes sounds like it’s wandered in from the Verdi Requiem. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z

With the stakes so high, there is plenty of pressure on Walden and Newman. Fox's Newman and Walden one of Hollywood's most lucrative partnerships 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z

We are all capable of succumbing to selective hearing, especially when the emotional stakes are at precipitous levels. I had an affair with my friend’s husband, but he’s now betrayed me | Dear Mariella 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

Like a solo conquistador, he planted stakes all over the landscape of Modernism: Mine, Mine, Mine. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

On the set of a Van Halen video, midgets — presumably the ones hired to grope a high-heeled lady tied between two stakes — handed out mushrooms. I Want My MTV: Drugs and Money and Cows in Boardrooms 2011-11-02T11:00:30Z

The war that ensues between her and the rest of the dramatis personae might then have given the second act higher and sharper stakes. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

Let's face it: When you work in Brooklyn, or anywhere outside of Manhattan, the stakes are simply different. Arts & Leisure Preview: Pondering Brooklyn Museum?s Mission and Future 2010-08-05T15:17:00Z

Certainly, it seemed to raise the emotional stakes. People are seeing ‘Cats’ while high out of their minds. These are their stories. 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z

Even so, the fringey location meant that residents tended to self-select — you had to have a certain East Village mentality to consider putting down stakes there. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The stakes are slightly higher for Lohan, who was on probation for a 2007 drunken driving case when Kamofie reported the necklace stolen. Lohan due in court for key hearing in theft case 2011-04-22T11:13:10Z

The increasing appeal of cable series, however, has changed the stakes. Real Violence Puts Pressure on TV Fiction 2013-01-13T21:09:28Z

But then I spotted a pair who trounced them in the outfit stakes. Tony awards in Times Square make for perfect street theatre 2012-06-11T13:16:53Z

The emotional stakes have been raised way too high, for which your parents may be held largely responsible, as their rigid stance has forced all parties to take entrenched positions that make compromise difficult. My parents put me down, so I moved in with the boy I love | Dear Mariella 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

The forthcoming Creed II augurs similar stakes, with Michael B Jordan all beat up and nearly dead – though with Drago Junior to defeat, you just know he’s getting back in that ring. Pull no punches: how sports movies swapped triumph for truth 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Jampol said he’s long been interested in buying stakes in estates, but he was waiting to find investors who would pursue a buy-and-hold strategy. One Man’s Mission to Keep Musicians’ Legacies Alive 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z

These voters, who include producers, tour presenters, directors, and actors — some with stakes in the outcomes —have until 6 p.m. on Friday to cast ballots. Predictions From Tony Award Voters 2013-06-06T16:30:00Z

The stakes were, of course, raised, and “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man,” written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., after Simpson was found innocent, explores all the ways in which the trial mattered. O. J. Simpson in The New Yorker 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Then after a lunch with David Chase, creator of the series, and Alan Taylor, the film’s director, the full script arrived and the stakes shot through the roof. Alessandro Nivola Put His Foot Down and Won the ‘Many Saints’ Role Anyway 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

This episode sets the stakes even higher than Naz’s freedom; his very soul seems to be on the line. “The Night Of” recap: The defense gears up, the wild calls, and a slow burn erupts 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The Kagans are the first to try selling equity stakes through a custom-made website for an imminent Broadway production, though London theater producers began doing so over the last year. A Broadway Show Pitches to Investors Online 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the stakes are higher and royals are forced to give up their special status to be with the ones they love. 11 royals who married commoners 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

Of course, for some participants, the stakes are higher: They've come looking for redemption. ‘Dancing With the Stars’ perfected a formula for kitschy, escapist joy. Can it survive today’s politics? 2019-09-13T04:00:00Z

But teachers are far from the only ones who feel the effects of the high stakes testing game. Testing is killing learning 2013-04-18T15:40:00Z

The show’s producers say the stock-market setting gave them a way to make a comedy with high stakes. ‘Black Monday’ Plays the Wall Street Crash for Laughs 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

What are the stakes if I don’t convey it? No One Can Needle Tom Cruise Like Henry Czerny Can 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

Still, those stakes really are high, especially in what her new job means for women. The L.A. Phil's mesmerizing Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla leaps to the Birmingham orchestra 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

Musically, Okpebholo’s mission was to foreground the solemnity of war, to examine its nature, and to evoke its complex collisions of personal and political scales and stakes. In ‘Unknown,’ a composer and a poet offer new perspectives on war and 100 years of soldiers with names lost to time 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

It never feels difficult to sort through the facts – and, more crucially, the emotional stakes of the case are never lost in them. Erin Brockovich at 20: how a grim true story became a glossy star vehicle 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

We hammered in pointed wooden stakes in the row, at two-plant intervals. Keep tomatoes off the soil with the stake-and-weave technique 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

It also raises the stakes in Kwan’s story about a romantic relationship between two New York University professors. ‘It’s not a movie, it’s a moment’: Crazy Rich Asians takes on Hollywood 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z

Anonymous and Patiently Waiting Here in TX: These are completely different situations with very different stakes, generating hurt feelings of understandably different intensities — but for advice purposes, they are the same. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Is it time for mom to revisit her expectations of a distant son? 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

Ginger can hurt Gilligan's feelings, she can make him feel like a terrible person, and those can be the stakes of an episode. An interview with the dean of "Community" 2011-09-28T22:30:00Z

"We're feeling our way," she said, "and I think for a high-profile person in politics, the stakes are higher for them to guess wrong when there is no established consensus." Cuomo and TV host form an unusual power couple 2010-06-10T17:44:00Z

The steadiness and magnetism of this line are key to establishing the opera’s stakes — so those stakes suffer a bit when Miller delivers it, as Mr. Domingo did, without evenness or glamour. Review: Plácido Domingo Takes On a New Role at the Met Opera. (His 149th.) 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z

As the characters offer radically different accounts and perspectives on the meeting, the stakes prove both global and personal. Piecing together a mysterious wartime meeting in Rubicon's 'Copenhagen' 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

With such stakes, the role of “Navalny” has only intensified, the filmmakers say. Ukraine war recasts ‘Navalny’ as a prequel to Putin’s aims 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

That said, I also think the sticking point with this particular movie is that the stakes are so high. Behind the Story: TIME’s Jessica Winter on Kathryn Bigelow and Zero Dark Thirty 2013-01-25T12:45:35Z

In the book’s first paragraph, Maurer recognizes the con man as the “aristocrat” of grifters: he must use the full extent of his talent and ingenuity, and he plays for extremely high stakes. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z

But would a younger viewer today understand the stakes here? How a TV Series Undersells the Danger of the Sex Pistols 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

But this year the stakes could not be higher. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z

Even when Beth threatens to break up Dink’s marriage — and even, later, when she is threatened with the possibility of prison time — the dramatic and emotional stakes seem trivial. Movie Review: ‘Lay the Favorite,’ Directed by Stephen Frears 2012-12-07T00:55:30Z

Even as they knew their long hiatus raised the stakes for their return, it also bolstered their ambition. The Electrifying, Emotional Return of Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z

“Defensible” homicides—killings with plausible defense theories such as self-defense—are almost always plea-bargained, simply because the stakes are too high for either side to roll the dice with an unpredictable jury trial. “Would we even be here if Julian Acox was white?” Race, self-defense and making of a murder charge 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

I get that you promised your sister you wouldn’t, but the stakes are too high here. My Sister Is Being Bullied at School. Should I Intervene? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

The stakes are high for both Walter White and his creators. “Breaking Bad,” Season five, episode one: The end begins 2012-07-16T11:15:00Z

This story was very emblematic of that — the risks involved and when the stakes are that high, people have to ask themselves the hard questions of why they do what they do. Netflix's "Return to Space" filmmakers on why people follow Elon Musk: "He always sees the problem" 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z

And the brand stakes its existence on keeping these attention-challenged adolescents coming back for more. Is Jake Paul a Social Media Genius or a Jerk? 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Uninterested in world building or creating any sense of stakes, “Red Notice” is merely an expensive brandishing of star power — only the stars haven’t got it in them. ‘Red Notice’ Review: When the Stars Don’t Shine 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

The stakes are monstrously huge and because of the character traits in Lee, you can't stop watching him. "The everyday guy can fight and sometimes win": ACLU doc goes inside four David & Goliath cases 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z

Now those girls have grown up and the stakes are higher. My strip club bullying nightmare 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

You know by the series premiere that a couple has broken up -- usually a cast member breaking up with a non-cast member -- so the stakes of their "relationship" don't seem that high. "Jersey Shore" recap: 4x1 2011-08-05T12:30:00Z

Which is pretty much what all dressing involves, only with much higher stakes. Dressing Michelle, Then and Now 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

The murder wasn’t a technical ploy to up the stakes; it was the novel’s raison d’être.” In ‘Who Is Maud Dixon?,’ a Dream Job Leads to a Twisty Nightmare 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

If “Alcarràs” feels as delicate as a summer afternoon, it can also feel as slight: Simón only occasionally zooms out of the Solés’ tight-knit world to show us the political stakes of their predicament. ‘Alcarràs’ Review: Labor of Love 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Setting the Bar Very High And Leaping Toward It Julian Barnett sets the stakes high in the program notes for his new “Super Natural,” which opened at Dance New Amsterdam on Thursday night. Dance Review: Setting the Bar Very High And Leaping Toward It 2010-11-19T22:31:00Z

Given the stakes, it’s hard not to wish that Mr. Gandini had been more ambitious: at 85 minutes, “Videocracy” can only scratch the surface. 2010-02-12T00:06:00Z

This edition raises the stakes by taking all the glamour of yachting and mixing it with extreme activities — including paragliding, exploring caves and helicopter rides. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Dangerous Liaisons’ and ‘Below Deck Adventure’ 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

And I think the humor that comes out of "Barry" is this kind of clumsy real-life, real-time situations while the stakes around these characters happen to be very, very high. "Barry" star Sarah Goldberg loves playing her unlikable role: "Make her a monster. I'm all for it" 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z

Like the way you get around sunlight, and stakes aren’t main weapon. Q&A: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Writer on Literary Mashups and the Movie that Shouldn't Exist 2012-06-22T10:45:10Z

“They drive boundary stakes, float balloons and pennants, spread color-coordinated blankets and often designate surrogates to protect their space throughout the day,” The Times reported in 1982. Celebrating 50 Years of New York Philharmonic Outdoor Concerts 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z

Beer and loathing at the Preakness Stakes Topics: The Classical, preakness stakes, , Horse racing, pimlico, Festivals, macklemore, , This originally appeared on The Classical. Beer and loathing at the Preakness Stakes 2013-05-25T16:00:00Z

Mr. Akhtar writes dialogue that, while often funny and always natural, crackles with ideas and continually reveals undercurrents of tension that ratchet up the emotional stakes. ‘The Who & the What’ Examines Faith and Family 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

But this was 2020, a year of civil rights uprisings, a mismanaged pandemic and an election in which the stakes were representative democracy itself. The "Ted Lasso" way is comforting – and a counter to the hollow nationalism Americans have embraced 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

By novel's end, having gazed all along through the cracking lens of Anna's apparent ordinariness, the stakes have been raised through the roof. Lydia Millet has cooked up a contemplative thriller of endurance in 'Sweet Lamb of Heaven' 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

You know, if the stakes are high of me having to express something about myself, that's very personal to me, then I would look into directing again. "Connected through inyeon": Teo Yoo reflects on the fate that guided his career and to "Past Lives" 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z

The family pulled up stakes frequently, alighting in Africa, the Caribbean and Guyana before settling in Hawaii, where his father found an appointment at the University of Hawaii when Mr. Bickerton was 12. Ashley Bickerton, Whose Art Evoked Humor and Wonder, Dies at 63 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

Hansberry knew how high the stakes were, and whose lives were in danger. The Empty Gesture of Red Carpet Protest 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

India also exports around $1bn-worth of tobacco annually, and the government holds stakes in tobacco firms including ITC, one of India’s biggest companies. India bans e-cigarettes as global vaping backlash grows 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z

But it’s hard to be great without also being a little untidy, without raising the stakes, venturing forth some weird, uncomfortable truth. The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

The stakes are high with a work as beloved as “The Sleeping Beauty.” Ratmansky’s New ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Looks Back to 1890 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

So you begin to look for other games, games with higher stakes.” Review: In ‘The Player’ on NBC, a Shadowy Crime Game Ensues 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

Bellini’s orchestra is subtle and sensitive, but austere enough that this opera’s stakes are purely vocal. Two Operas, Two Sopranos, Two Very Different Impacts 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Each scene so clearly illustrates a point in the play’s thesis on race that the stakes don’t seem real; we’re just in the realm of discourse. Review: ‘Confederates’ Talks Race in Double Time 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z

DreamWorks will own 45 percent of the company and the Chinese partners will hold stakes totaling 55 percent. DreamWorks to make `Kung Fu Panda 3' in China 2012-08-07T11:50:20Z

With this collection she stakes her claim to being Florida’s unofficial poet laureate, as Joan Didion is for California. Review | New stories from Lauren Groff, who wrote President Obama’s favorite novel in 2015 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

The stakes are especially high for people in the grip of the justice system, and neighborhoods subject to surveillance and overpolicing. Silence Speaking Volumes: Artists Confront the Culture of Incarceration 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

By making the Middleton figure Black, Barnes both generalizes the problems of royalty to encompass any woman who joins “the firm” and stakes a claim on particular themes without having to spell them out. Review: Royalty as Horror Show in ‘Duchess! Duchess! Duchess!’ 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z

For most people, the idea of a nature documentary series narrated by Helen Mirren probably conjures images of breathtaking natural splendor, paired with a dramatic voice-over that adds life-or-death stakes to the beauty. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Two Gods’ and ‘Conan’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z

But judging from this blustery set, rescheduled from December, Jessie J is playing for even bigger stakes. Jessie J; Jonny ? review 2011-01-23T00:05:56Z

“So a subtitler needs to be aware of the film’s underlying themes, symbolism, stakes and so on.” Say what? Why film translators are in a war of words over subtitles 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Late in the season, if a tall crop threatens to topple like timber, individual stakes may be needed. Keep tomatoes off the soil with the stake-and-weave technique 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

Even with the dissent, when the next name was called, the noise turned into light applause that grew louder as the stakes went higher. Miss Colombia, not Miss Jamaica, wins Miss Universe crown 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

You know all of the experiences of being a mom, and it raises the stakes instantly. In "Goodnight Mommy," Naomi Watts is drawn to her character's "terrifying and confusing" behavior 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z

Since all of the choreography was created by George Balanchine, the stakes were high indeed. L.A. Ballet's ambitious all-Balanchine program leads to missteps, but also one big triumph 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

“These search-and-rescue operations are really triage work—the stakes are life or death,” Fitzgerald told me. The Screening Room: “Lifeboat” 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

The moment-by-moment attention to comic detail is eye-popping, but there is a cost in the overall dramatic stakes, or, at times, the lack thereof. A gothic 'Cripple' in Chicago straight from Galway 2011-03-17T14:32:10Z

The stakes were raised by Carry A. Nation, described as “six feet tall, with the biceps of a stevedore, the face of a prison warden and the persistence of a toothache.” Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z

It was the kind of Maine summer day that makes you think about dropping everything and putting down stakes. Restoring Acadia’s Trails 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z

While the stakes may be higher for a last-minute academic essay, the point is this: do not panic! How to Write an Essay in 1 Day 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

It raises the stakes and brings out the nervous system in an actor. Shock Me if You Can 2012-09-14T22:36:46Z

After my husband and I moved overseas, first to Mexico and then to Southeast Asia, and found ourselves participating in more intergenerational friendships, the stakes felt higher. How I learned to break the rules of hosting a Dawat 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

The stakes for this weekend’s “Saturday Night Live” seemed especially high, given not only the election but also the return of the occasionally incendiary comedian Dave Chappelle. What Normalization Means 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

The sound is as vast as the stakes. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z

The architecture Mr. Crabb teaches — setup, inciting incident, raising stakes — is closer to the map of a screenplay than of a stand-up bit, or sketch or improv scene. Comedy: Storytelling Classes in New York 2012-03-25T02:49:02Z

We sense from the beginning how high the stakes are, and as we watch George and Martha perform their devilish waltz ever closer to the precipice, the tension becomes almost unbearable. Theater Review: Tracy Letts in ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ 2012-10-14T21:52:14Z

You might wonder if Hart can handle such a role, with its life-or-death stakes and occasionally brutal action scenes. In ‘True Story,’ Kevin Hart Really Does Kill 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

It has completely reinvented British drama, and upped the stakes for home-grown shows. My TV hero: Alexander Armstrong on Mark Gatiss 2011-07-25T19:00:06Z

“The Red Shoes” offers even higher stakes as a source for theatrical adaptation. ‘The Red Shoes’ Takes the Stage 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

By the standards of TV’s apocalypse stories and corporate civil wars, the stakes in “As We See It” could hardly be lower: Finding a date, getting a job, merely leaving the house. Review: ‘As We See It,’ Where the Quest for ‘Normal’ Is Extraordinary 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

Each paragraph — on the inscrutable mechanics of “packaging fees” and production stakes — intensified that familiar cliff’s-edge feeling. A Former TV Critic Puts Himself Under the Microscope 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

He wanted the stakes to feel low even though they weren’t. Ethan Hawke Is Still Taking Ethan Hawke Extremely Seriously 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

They were taking a chance on this startup company, and they had high stakes as well. "American Factory" filmmakers on how the Dayton-set doc became one of the year's most joyful movies 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Even though there are stakes, and if you go into that wormhole you can terrify yourself into total paralysis. A Minute With: Sarah Silverman on standup success, network TV failure 2013-11-20T13:06:15Z

The stakes rise when Grann gets turned around in a mangrove forest and catches a glimpse of the challenges his subject faced. Dear Match Book: What Should I Read on My Summer Vacation? 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

Now he has raised the stakes — widening both the emotional palette and the spectrum of human and canine abuse — in a feature-length film he wrote and directed, “Tyrannosaur,” centered on the same less-than-lovable protagonist. Paddy Considine Directs ?Tyrannosaur,? Starring Peter Mullan 2011-11-12T22:00:05Z

The stakes and tension are lower in “Jersey Boys,” which is narrated largely in chronological order by the group’s four members, sometimes while they’re talking right into the camera. ‘Jersey Boys,’ Eastwood’s Take on Showbiz Myth 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

There are nights in a marriage, particularly a busy marriage, especially a busy marriage with young children, when the stakes rise precipitously. 'Fifty Words': Profiles play looks at sex in a bad marriage 2011-05-20T16:19:35Z

I know, because after 26 years of suburban stability, I recently sold my house, pulled up my stakes and hit the road. Aspire to travel the world? Read this before you go. 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z

This is the real deal, the author seems to growl, the stakes are life and death, and let me tell you life is cheap to these international operatives/organized criminals/mercenary thugs. “Whisky Tango Foxtrot”: A techno-thriller with a soul 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

Both sides of "La Linea" are militarized - the stakes and payoffs are high. Two Cities, Two Countries, Common Ground 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

He’s more sober-minded than that, both aware of the stratospheric stakes and confident that managing them represents the only way forward. Do you trust your computer? New film explores perils of technology 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z

Amazon is pushing back against to attempts by employees at its warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., to unionize — a first-of-its-kind action with high stakes for Amazon, its workers and American labor organizing as a whole. What, Exactly, Is Amazon Web Services? 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

Played too serious and it’s silly; played too broadly and there are no stakes. ‘Definition Please,’ ‘Cyrus’ and More Streaming Gems 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

Use eight-foot stakes or bamboo poles for trellising or tepees, with 12 inches buried in the soil. Five annuals to plant in late summer

Imagining Swann and others as taking part in a gay narrative raises the stakes in all the games they play. Reading group: how LGBT is Proust? 2013-02-20T12:01:01Z

As an adult, now that the stakes are higher, I realize how important my name is. Hillary Clinton isn’t a Rodham anymore: Women still can’t win in the fight over married and maiden names 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

“Seeing them raise the stakes on the court every day made me want to raise the stakes on the acting side.” How ‘Swagger’ Raised Its Game 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z

Human frailty, a theme cherished by Bournonville, is something he has to reckon with when he stakes a season on new choreography. Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Which is to say that as he’s grown, the stakes have gotten higher – more expensive and more emotionally loaded – and I still don’t know what the right thing is. Consumerism is ruining our kids: from $350 kicks to four-figure strollers, we’re making our children into product zombies 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

The live-wire stakes of Saturday Night Live are perfectly suited to the charismatic showman’s skill set. Saturday Night Live: the best and worst musical hosts 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z

“Listen to your mother” has evidently not worked, which is why she is upping the stakes. Perspective | Miss Manners: Mom tries to dissuade child from interrupting 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

In the absence of high narrative stakes, the themes of inertia and resignation surge to the fore, sapping an arguably feminist message about Rosita’s options in society. Review | Drama and momentum are in short supply in ‘Doña Rosita’ at GALA Hispanic Theatre 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

But studies have shown that too many choices can be paralyzing and the stakes felt high. I was an Amazon drudge 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z

The stakes for loss are even higher in “Written on the Body,” Jeanette Winterson’s fervent novel that follows — with exquisite syntax and breathless drama — an affair derailed by illness. Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

But the stakes in the Fang war of wills get higher as the book proceeds, and they move from the specific to the universal. Books of The Times: Mom and Dad and the Two Kids They Damage 2011-08-03T22:00:29Z

This isn’t just context for the show: It’s also the creative stakes. Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

It is about revealing scope, and it raises the stakes dangerously high. A Gift From the Musical Gods 2011-08-17T14:36:45Z

Clearly, I was wanting in the maturity department. But the longer I waited, the higher the stakes became, and the more nervous I was to go on any dates whatsoever. 27 and never been kissed 2012-08-17T23:30:00Z

Under the proposed United States rules, theater artists and producers would be able to publicize and sell equity stakes in plays and musicals online, which is now generally prohibited. Smell of the Greasepaint, the Funds of the Crowd 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

Even then it was clear that Trump was changing the stakes on how news media covered him. Donald Trump and the media: The problem isn’t too much coverage — it’s how this president i... 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z

K.Dot’s tell-it-like-it-is blackness sets the stakes high for the rebirth of a renaissance movement: a paradigm shift back to raw black creativity. “To Pimp a Butterfly”: Kendrick Lamar’s unapologetic black American dream 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

This is different from a solo vacation; the stakes are higher because you're looking to reframe your life and get some perspective. Looking for clarity halfway around the world 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

For authors, the stakes couldn’t be higher: This is their unfinished work, still littered with typos and plot lines that would not survive a final edit, pried out into the open before it’s ready. The Mystery of the Disappearing Manuscripts 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

“While playing for the greatest national stakes, his base of support, his organization, and his right to office were rooted in his home state.” Abraham Lincoln's early life is recast by Sidney Blumenthal in the masterful 'Wrestling With His Angel' 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

The stakes here are high, too: if Sully is found at fault in the incident, he’ll be forced into immediate retirement and lose his pension. Clint Eastwood’s “Sully”: A Heroic Pilot’s Existential Burden 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

But the stakes were so low that the whole plot line seemed like wasted time. House Watch: Please, Please Bring Back the Old Team 2011-11-01T13:15:41Z

The show’s stakes are life or death at all times. Robert Kirkman on ‘The Walking Dead,’ Glenn’s Story and the Arrival of Negan 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

“It’s Nice to Hear You” avoids such lofty stakes, but it’s remarkable to hear just how intimate the couples become within its constrictive framework. On New Podcasts, the Sound of Falling in Love 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

But, for me, becoming the parent of a black child certainly kicked the stakes up several notches. ‘Do you sometimes wish you were black?’: how my child and I talk about race 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

Opening in a crystalline calm, its first movement slowly gained heat and buoyancy as the musicians kept raising the stakes in undetectable increments. Music Review: Vijay Iyer, Alone and With Others, at Zankel Hall 2013-04-29T21:19:37Z

“There’s a lot to discover about what it means to have real stakes in something that has a direct connection to the audience — to the people — and not know if it’s going to fail.” In the Lower Ninth Ward, an Artist Renews His Purpose 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z

Given the high stakes of the question, it’s tempting to take sides: either legalizing pot leads to more crime or it doesn’t. The Trouble with Crime Statistics 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

“The Ruin of Kings” muddles stakes and scale, often substituting the latter for the former. Sublime New Fantasy Fiction 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

"The stakes are so huge for the next decade!" he said, picturing the same happy prospect for his "Chicago" shows. A new novel from Dick Wolf joins his TV empire 2014-01-14T14:28:40Z

“We upped the stakes for them, in order to change their own image of themselves,” Vardi said. Therapy through song: Choir helps Hungarian lung patients breathe... 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

“Eat, Pray, Love” suffers from a case of low stakes; one reads for the small vicissitudes of Gilbert’s journey never really doubting that things will come right. Review: ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’ by Elizabeth Gilbert 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

He protested that he felt fine, failing to recognize the life-and-death stakes he was experiencing. Man’s best friend: Dog alerts neighbor when owner has stroke 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

On Tuesday, HBO released a teaser compilation that includes no footage from the new season but outlines the stakes for the final clash. ‘Game of Thrones’ Will Return in April 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

The shtick is amusing, but the melodramatic campiness lowers the dramatic stakes. Comedy for hypochondriacs: It's A Noise Within's 'The Imaginary Invalid' 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z

“It was very important to lower the stakes in that way,” Johnson said. “Escape at Dannemora” is no “Shawshank Redemption” — and that’s on purpose 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

But if the pop personality stakes have been raised, no one seems to have told Britney Spears. Britney Spears: Femme Fatale - review 2011-03-24T15:29:01Z

With a standalone, it can be more freeing in that no character has to survive by the end of the book — which makes the stakes a lot higher for the reader and writer. Authors Steve Cavanagh and Adrian McKinty: How growing up in Northern Ireland's Troubles shaped them 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z

Dance ensembles have indeed expressed interest in putting down stakes at the Koch. Paul Taylor Leaps Over to the Koch 2011-07-14T21:12:20Z

That period-piece gang-war epic was television at its most cinematic, a blend of operatically high dramatic stakes and equally operatic visual and sonic spectacle. ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 4: Mind Games 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Both the professor and his girlfriend are outsiders, with desolate homeland prospects thanks to a widespread economic and environmental Crash, upping the stakes of the investigation considerably for themselves and their unborn child. October must-reads: "Call Me by Your Name" sequel to memoirs galore 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z

That would position the company for a potential IPO and allow some of the owners to reduce their stakes, Salas said. Moody's upgrades Univision credit rating, easing path to IPO 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

As a reading experience, it leaves something to be desired — a lost opportunity, given the inherent drama and moral stakes of their argument. Three New Takes on Feminism: In the Dorm, in the Economy and Around the World 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

The excellent actors play each step of their part to maximize tension and amplify the stakes, but if you remove the dressing of performance, their jobs are really just as tedious as Kim’s. We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z

If you're going to raise the stakes, you might as well raise them to the sky. The Americans recap: season one, episode four 2013-06-22T21:40:01Z

For those looking to raise the stakes, the Bellagio Tower suites flaunt deep, dark wood furnishings, extra-spacious floor plans and a striking panoramic view of the city. Las Vegas 2010-03-16T21:00:00Z

"There will be big crimes and real stakes but with small-town personal angles and a sense of humor," said Shore, Emmy-winning creator of "House." CBS serving up a bowl full of Vince Gilligan in 'Battle Creek' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

When I was studying the stakes seemed higher. A life in art: Anselm Kiefer 2011-03-21T08:00:00Z

Still, there were obstacles in assembling a concert of such scale — and stakes — in under two weeks. How Ariana Grande’s Manchester Benefit Came Together So Quickly 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

But this is no match for the pesky insect that stakes it’s claim on Pence’s snow-white dome. Saturday Night Live: Jim Carrey, Mike Pence and a very pesky fly 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z

He was later sent to Yemen to search for two more soldiers – this time, all they recovered were two severed heads that had been paraded round a village on stakes, to frighten the locals. 'You don't ever get over it': meet the British soldiers living with post-traumatic stress disorder 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

Nor are the stakes of these discussions purely theoretical. Julian Assange’s latest wake-up call 2013-04-30T17:42:00Z

“Placing the question of human survival on a Black family just lifts the stakes so much, because we felt that precariousness for so long, and we still feel it today,” she said. ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’: A Director Keeps You Thinking 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

This season, the stakes were raised by some of the brightest young talents on the fashion week calendar: recognition, perhaps, of a need to boost their credibility outside of their home base. What We Saw at London Fashion Week Men’s 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z

The financial stakes for movies are very different to making a ballet. Benjamin Millepied Uses Movement to Reinvent ‘Carmen’ on Camera 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

Dramas about her predecessors in the job — Elizabeth I, Henry V, Henry VIII, Richard II, to name a few — are full of grand plots and high stakes. An Inscrutable Monarch, Endlessly Scrutinized Onstage and Onscreen 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

It was really thanks to my girlfriend that I was finally able to be more lighthearted about it, to see that the stakes were not that tragic. For Panah Panahi, Being the Son of an Iranian Auteur Wasn’t Entirely Helpful 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

How could Vince Gilligan, the soft-spoken Virginian who created “Breaking Bad,” possibly sustain the dark tone and high stakes for another season? Television: Shattering All Vestiges of Innocence 2011-07-15T12:00:00Z

But we said we think that the intimacy in normal people’s lives—in a marriage, in an affair—the stakes are as high as they are on Game of Thrones. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

“I think the stakes are high for Leslie with this kind of work,” said Ms. Ceruti, the curator of the show, which runs through Aug. 1. Leslie Hewitt Dives Deep Into the Civil Rights Movement 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

Filmmakers like Oliver Stone and others have tried to inject a palpable sense of the underlying stakes. Arts & Leisure: ?Margin Call,? From J. C. Chandor, Looks at Wall Street 2011-10-12T11:01:11Z

For Olga, as for Ukraine, the stakes are clear: East or West, resignation or self-determination. ‘Olga’ Review: Tough Balancing Act for a Ukrainian Girl in Exile 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Dramatically speaking, you’re always looking for a world where the stakes are high.” Song and dance as a political ‘Fix’ 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z

In a sense, the two of them suffer the ordeal of captivity together, though the stakes are starkly different. Movie Review: ‘A Hijacking,’ a Modern Piracy Drama, Unfolds at Sea 2013-06-20T22:51:37Z

For data journalists, however, the stakes are higher. Pushback 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

The Democratic sit-in over gun-control legislation, captured mainly by House members’ smartphone video, had all the elements: emotion, chaos, conflict, life-or-death stakes and the frisson of unpredictable reality. C-Span, Gun Control and a Protest Made for Streaming 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Arm yourself with the appropriate trellising, stakes and/or clips and get them in place before your plant is too large to incorporate them. So, you’ve built a vegetable garden — here’s how to take care of it 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z

“We Found a Hat” complicates this basic theme by introducing a friendship with high stakes. Children's book author Jon Klassen and the morally ambiguous universe of hats 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

The frame cleverly lowered the stakes, but there was more to the work than its light humor. Jan Martens Brings Cheeky Dances to the Abrons Arts Center 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z

But the stakes are higher on this hot, damp Thursday afternoon in September, the first day of class. Former Noma chef turns his talents to school food. But will students go for it? 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z

"You’re actually a real asset because you uniquely know the human stakes of what others are going through," Power said, at a meeting with survivors in Conakry's Grand Mosque. Defying stigma, survivors join the Ebola fight in West Africa 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

In fact, some of the moments seen the fourth episode "Be Our Champion, Go Away," show how aware she was of the 2016 election's broader stakes, ramifications the electorate was too distracted to care about. "Hillary" review: Scorching contempt is this trailblazer's lot in Hulu's candid Clinton docuseries 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

But Gregg, in his very human desire to dramatize the stakes, can be prone to overstatement — occasionally glossing over the animal experience while demonizing the human one. Humans Know a Lot, This Author Concedes, and Most of It Is Useless 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

As the pace and stakes of royal news have grown in recent years, the hosts of “Royally Obsessed” have been there every step of the way, offering affable and spirited insights. 5 Podcasts About the Royal Family 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

Through one memorable scene, a daredevil pilot's fatal miscalculation becomes a metaphor for the high stakes of the drug trade. The Sound of Things falling by Juan Gabriel Vásquez – review 2012-11-16T08:00:07Z

And if we don’t believe the characters, the play loses its stakes and its heft. ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Review: Older, Gentler Star-Crossed Lovers 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

And the stakes are high for Seattle, too. Here’s what to expect from the huge Seattle Art Fair 2019 — and how you can join in 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

As she waddled around the soundstage during production with her prosthetic baby bump, she knew the stakes were high, she said. ‘Yellowjackets’: How Sophie Nélisse Managed That Harrowing Birth Scene 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

The scope is epic and the stakes are high. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: A ‘Thor’ That Wows 2013-06-28T20:40:20Z

I left it with a bunch of watering stakes/bottles and hoped for the best. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez planted a community garden plot. It’s good for the earth — and her. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z

By keeping its main character the same, "Ted Lasso" misses out on some huge opportunities to create trouble in its players' lives — and higher stakes for the viewers. Turn "Ted Lasso" into the Roy Kent show, you cowards 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

The element both eras do share is their heartthrob-crazed context: The sweeping repetitions, the star-gazing, the high stakes, the cycles of deprivation and need. Tegan and Sara Bring Pop—and Heart, Of Course—to Heartthrob 2013-02-01T15:00:03Z

From the beginning, the Olympics had a chauvinistic streak, but the Cold War raised the stakes and turned them into a quadrennial morality play. Cold War Puck: The Beauties of Russian Hockey 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

And, of course, the stakes are painfully high; getting the balance right is never easy, and getting it wrong can lead to tragedy. Theater Review: Rebecca Gilman’s ‘Luna Gale’ Opens at Goodman Theater 2014-02-10T20:50:56Z

There would be no second chance, and my primary feeling was one of relief, given the high stakes of the previous night. Life Lessons from “Fishing With Dad” 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z

In America, pulling up stakes and hitting the road is built into the popular culture — it’s “Go west, young man”; it’s a Bruce Springsteen lyric. The Remarkable ‘Reservation Dogs’ Runs Away Toward Home 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

The intricate world-building is another level of care that sucks viewers into the film, while also fleshing out Bok-soon as a woman with extremely high stakes in all aspects of her life. Netflix's "Kill Boksoon" slays with a sharp, stylish take on an assassin balancing work & parenting 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

For a year in which watching became both psychic balm and social currency — what else were we going to talk about on all those Zoom calls? — visual storytelling took on higher stakes than ever before. Perspective | Best movies of 2020: Diverse thrills, chills, Dickensian laughs and a pandemic-friendly trip to Greece 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

But the very fact that Frances is narrating the story in a second, decades-later timeline lowers the stakes by removing one possibility: Whatever happens, you know that she lives to tell the tale. Misfits, Stalkers and Kiddie Sociopaths: The Latest Thrillers 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

As each new season begins, however, both the scale and the stakes of the drama grow greater. Breaking Bad: from Mr Chips to Scarface 2012-05-18T23:03:00Z

“Too many romantic comedies contained warring duos, low stakes, and predictable endings,” Carlson writes. The new book 'I'll Have What She's Having' looks at what made Nora Ephron's three best films great 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

The stakes were too high to even measure. Obama as folk hero: To be what he’s trying to be — black, idealistic and president — is nothing less than superhuman 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z

The Line Hotel DC took forever to open, but the moment it did, last month in Adams Morgan, the brand raised the stakes for lodging in the nation’s capital. Review | In a hip new hotel, Brothers and Sisters makes a stylish splash 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

However, while the stakes are high, the potential rewards are extraordinary. Noises off: Canadian playwrights and jukebox musicals 2012-07-06T15:15:36Z

Yet as the pressure builds and the stakes rise, the insights grow sharper and the tension more gripping. Theater Review | 'Extinction': Big Times for Buddies, Partying in Atlantic City 2010-03-01T05:45:00Z

Brenan Grant's performance as Satan raises the story's tension and stakes to an almost unbearable degree. Theater reviews: 'The Last Days of Judas Iscariot' and 'Help' 2012-04-19T20:28:05Z

At a time when the stakes for everyone are very high — even merely walking outside — the stakes for the characters seem confusingly low. Even Harry Styles in Jorts Can’t Save Gucci’s Mini-Series 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z

The "Two and a Half Men" star with stakes in several disruptive tech ventures took to Facebook to lament the lack of changing tables in men's public restrooms. Ashton Kutcher laments lack of diaper-changing tables in men's rooms 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

It’s a world that has been run by white men, and it’s a world that has high, high stakes. Four Black Artists on How Racism Corrodes the Theater World 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

While some books have sparked bidding wars between publishers, the titles don’t tend to carry the high stakes of a Hollywood venture. Podcasts Hit the Books 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

But the characters, Madame Armfeldt most of all, played for the real stakes. Elaine Stritch and Other Matrons of ?Night Music? 2010-07-23T02:12:00Z

In London, he explained, the stakes are different. Bloody Awful Restaurants and the Critic Who Loves Them 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

Almost overnight, he transformed himself from a wry observational comic to one who felt his material had to have higher stakes. Roy Wood Jr. Is Following in the Comedy Footsteps of Dick Gregory 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

For Nénette, he's upped the stakes: his subject is a mute ape. Nicolas Philibert: the future's orange 2011-01-27T22:45:01Z

Thank God that's never been any criterion for me, because I think I've been at the lowly end of the earning stakes. Joan Bakewell: 'Women have a different way of being thick-skinned' 2010-04-04T20:00:00Z

As the stakes now rise for the women on the campaign trail, they continue to face an unseen opponent in the form of the technology carrying their voices to voters. A Century of “Shrill”: How Bias in Technology Has Hurt Women’s Voices 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

We asked our Twitter followers to suggest other films that rival Carrie in the teen–malevolence stakes. What films show teenagers at their worst? 2012-09-26T13:34:23Z

Levine lowered the stakes, saying he was just happy that Johnson was still out there, giving it her all. 'The Voice' recap: The Top 10 raise the bar 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Now in its fourth season, this show ratchets up the stakes and suspense on a weekly basis, and at this point it's almost unbearably nervewracking. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "50/50" 2011-09-30T15:16:04Z

And since “bad parenting” is the go-to reason given for many of society’s ills, the stakes are high. What the Toddler-Hating Diner Owner Teaches Us About Parenting 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

“Depending on what your workplace is, there are often built-in stakes,” she said. Is Your Office Closed? Compensate With a Workplace Comedy 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

But this week, with the Christmas release of “The Interview” approaching, the hackers raised the stakes, warning people to stay away from theaters and “Remember the 11th of September 2001.” Sony canceled the release of ‘The Interview.’ Here's how it could come out. 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

You see a pattern here: I just keep wanting to raise the stakes. After Two Hit Operas, a Composer Takes on the Bleak Prairie 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Mary's strange dialect raises the stakes even further. Snake Ropes by Jess Richards – review 2012-06-01T21:55:06Z

In theory, the stakes should be high and the drama intense, as human beings battle the brute forces of nature in a life-or-death struggle. Review: ‘Everest’ Revisits a Fateful Adventure in 3-D 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

That the domestic drama unfolds on a supernatural stage amps up the stakes and injects an eeriness into the proceedings. 'The Leftovers' Recap: Trying to Explain What Cannot Be Explained 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z

The best P.I. stories build slowly and keep the stakes relatively small. It’s 1988 and Philip Marlowe Is Retired. But Not for Long. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

Yet the film ultimately lands uneasily on the line between inside and insular, recalling an old saw about universities: The fights are so fierce because the stakes are so small. ‘The Historian’ Stars Miles Doleac in a Higher-Ed Drama 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

The film refutes the assumption of America’s space inevitability, that “it’s all easy and breezy”, said Grant, “but actually it’s quite fraught, it’s quite deadly, it’s quite tension-filled – there’s a lot of high stakes.” Breaking the color barrier: behind the long fight to diversify space 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z

"Dino is never happier than in a King Kong situation," one associate said, "where the stakes are enormous, where he can win or lose everything." In Remembrance of Erratic Film Producer Dino De Laurentiis 2010-11-19T14:15:00Z

The fights in academia are so much more vicious — because the stakes are so low. ‘Lucky’ director John Carroll Lynch on life, death — and Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

“A really first-rate bust-up must transcend the limits of ‘an entertaining side show’ and involve playing for high moral and intellectual stakes,” he said. ArtsBeat: Hitchens on the Art of the Feud 2011-06-10T12:30:04Z

She knew the stakes, since she'd won the costume design Academy Award for Scott's 2000 film "Gladiator," which also required a biblically proportioned number of stellar costumes. Costume designer Janty Yates knew 'Exodus' posed 'enormous' challenge 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

As the stakes become higher, Maddie — stepping on toes and forgoing protocol out of determination, naivete, or a little bit of both — endangers not only her own life but others’. Review | Laura Lippman’s love letter to Baltimore and its people 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z